The Psalter, | Volume 4 | Section 06 | Luther Library

Germanized by D. Martin Luther after the manner of the Hebrew language.*) 1524.

Foreword to the Psalter.

The Hebrew language is so rich that no language can attain it sufficiently; for it has many words that are called sing, praise, extol, honor, rejoice, afflict, etc., since we hardly have one. And especially in divine holy things it is rich in words, that it has ten names, since it calls God, since we have no more than the one word:

God, that it may well be called a holy language. Therefore, no interpretation can go as freely as it does in Hebrew itself, without what is left of the fancy words that are called figuras. 8, in which it also surpasses all tongues. But in order that the Psalter may be the brighter in some places, I will further delete some words here.

*) This writing is the first complete German translation of the Psalter. There is a threefold arrangement of the Psalms: 1524, 1528 and 1531 (Knaake with Köstlin, Martin Luther [3. Aufl.P Bd. 11, p. 659 uck p. 252). The first translation, which is closest to the Hebrew, is our scripture. Luther continually improved it, so that even in the three editions published in 1524 there are several changes. Then, in 1528, he made sweeping changes to the Psalter edition, but finally, around Easter of 1531, as he says in the preface to the Summaries, he "improved it for the last time, and we intend to leave it at that". Why Luther changed and improved so tirelessly, we can see partly from his letter to Wenceslaus Link of January 15, 1531 (De Wette, vol. IV, p. 214): "We will take pains, not to make David better than before, but to make him sound more purely German, by giving the slanderers cause to have something by which they can exercise and sharpen their raging hatred of our translation, but still not be satiated," and also from Luther's postscript, which is appended to some Psalter editions of the last revision: "If anyone wants to be clever and pretend that we have drawn the Psalter too far from the words, let him be clever with himself, and let us leave this Psalter unblamed. For we have done it knowingly, and certainly kept all words on the gold scale, and translated them with all diligence and fidelity, and have also been learned people enough. But we also leave our previous German Psalter for the sake of those who desire to see our example and footprints, how one comes closer and closer with interpretation. For the former German Psalter is in many places nearer to the Hebrew, and farther from the German; this is nearer to the German, and farther from the Hebrew. Of this further, if God will, in the Summaries." (The last sentence is added after Köstlin I. e. Vol. II, p. 659 nck p. 252.) Luther's intention, then, was to speak in a truly German manner, to bring the Psalter ever closer to the understanding of the German people. The text of 1531 has also become part of our German Bible. - The first edition of our text appeared in Wittenberg in 1524 in quarto. At the end of it are the two coats of arms of Luther, the lamb with the flag of victory and the white rose with the cross in its heart. Below it is noted: "This sign is witness that such books have passed through my hand; for false pressures and book spoilage are now much industrious." This first edition follows the basic text most exactly, and it is therefore given preference over all others. I. G. Zeidler printed it in the Hallische Theile (1702) p. 475 under the title which we have placed above this text. From this, it has passed into the Leipzig edition, Vol. IV, p. 341, also into Walch's edition. The second edition in folio is: "Das Dritte teyl des allten Testaments. Wittemberg. 1524" (the Book of Job up to the Song of Solomon); Walch has marked it "zu rathe gezogen". The third edition in octavo has the title: "Der Psalter deutsch. Martinus Luther. Wittemberg 1524", and is by the General Superintendent of the Duchies of Bremen and Verben, v. Joh. Dieckmann, in the 1701 to

In the Psalter, and elsewhere from time to time, these two words often occur together, "mercy and truth", which are wildly and desolately drawn by some, which I have translated thus: "goodness and faithfulness". And is actually that we say in free German: love and faithfulness, when we use to say: He has shown me love and faithfulness. But I did not dare to translate so freely. Because that they have translated mercy, and I goodness, actually means that, if one

someone shows friendship, love or charity; as Christ himself interprets Matth. 12, 7. from Hosea [Cap. 6, 6.] and says: "I delight in mercy and not in sacrifice", that is, I want people to show friendship, love and charity rather than sacrifice.

Thus "truth", "faithfulness" means that one may rely on one and have refuge in him, and that he keeps what he has said and that one relies on him. So God also boasts against us in the Scriptures

The Bible has been included in the folio edition of the Bible published in the second volume, and is based on the Erlangen edition, B^. 37, p. 104. In 1525, the first edition of the Psalter was reprinted several times, namely: "Der Psalter teutsch zu singen, mit sleyß übersehen vn gebessert. Martinus Luther. M.D.XXV." At the end: "Gedrückt zu Nürrnberg durch Fridurychen Peypus, Nach Christi gepurt. 1525. am. 22. tag des Mähen"; then with Johann Petreius at Nuremberg in folio: "Der Psalter teutsch," without giving Luther's name and omitting his preface and glosses. At the end: "Getruckt zu Nürnberg durch Joh. Petreium, Anno M.O.XXV." Furthermore, at Wittenberg in 1525, there is an edition in large print in which there is a postscript of which the Erlangen edition, vol. 37, p. 248, states that it is not yet in a complete edition. But this writing is not only printed in Riederer's "Nachrichten", but also in the German Wittenberger (1553), vol. Ill, p. 73 b with the caption: "Kurze Anleitung: wie der Psalter nützlich zu lesen sei, D. Mart. Luth."; in the Altenburger, vol. II, p. 521; in the Leipziger, vol. I V, p. 431; and in Walch, old edition, vol. IV, col. 267p. In all these editions, it is placed as a preface to the translation that Stephan Roth made of Luther's oporntiones in pssbnos in 1527, immediately before the interpretation of the first psalm; we have also left it in the same place. From a Low German edition published at Wittenberg in 1525: "De Psalter diidesch. (with Luther's preface) Item: Eyne vnderrichtynge, wo me den Psalter recht lesen unde vorstahn schal. Luther. Wittenberg. 1525." Krasft in his "Anderes hundertjähriges Jubiläum der evangelischen Kirche", p. 79 has printed this refrain. In the Erlanger, it is included in high German under "Nachträge zur Einleitung in die Psalter-Uebersetzung," vol. 37, p. 248 f. - We have only scanty news about the second edition. Le Long in the Vidliotbeos diblieu thut an octavo edition of the year 1528 mentions. Furthermore, Niederer in his "Nachrichten" from Joh. Georg Palms DsmMutiontz eoäieuin sunrornm p. 46 ff. cites the following title and description of a Latin Psalter edition: ..Usalteriurn Drnnslationig Voteris 6orr66tum. 1Vitt6mb "rAN6 spit cko. bullt. 1529. 8." Hon ynoHuo kkulteriuru n bntbero uckornutnm 6t bjusckeru notm ruar^inulibus instruetuin ost. butbori praskntio: MM he "teiiiäuL et smrotrs pati-ikE, 1^"/terrum onuckdu,? senpturao iiH maAnisiee eomEnckurunt 6te. prasmittitur, 6t in buo dckitiono "wn mn eonspieitur, ouni in sckitionibus Aorinaniois, i?8u1t6rii sckitioni oorreotns et 1531. 8vo ilnpressa" äeinuln sfollte Wohl heißen: ckenuof praeüxa est. kickitio nerts rarissimn, ot puums knotenns nota. In this Latin translation of 1529, we thus already encounter the preface, which is written by Luther in German and begins with the words: "Es haben viel heiliger Väter den Psalter sonderlich vor anderen Büchern der heiligen Schrift gelobet und geliebt" etc.; in it we see the "UrsssAtio novu I) mentioned by Olearius in his uuto^rspbis butlwri p. 30 as having appeared especially. M. in ksalterium, Int. reckckita por cknstuin ckonam. IVitteb. 1529. 8." In Latin it is found in the Wittenberg (1549) Dorn. Ill, col. 398b before the Latin translation of the Summaries, Xr^urnenta psubuorum omniuni a I>. Nart. butb^ro prinrurn ^erinanieo s<Htu, postsn vorsa a 0. 4usto ckona. After this title there follows the superscription: Draekatio in librnm psalrnornnr. Thereupon the preface according to the wording given before: Nniti ex veteribus eto. In German, this preface is found in the Wittenberg (1553), vol. Ill, after the index, immediately before the folio numbered leaves; in the Leipzig, vol. XII, p. 9; in Walch, old edition, vol. XIV, 23 and in the Erlangen, vol. 63, p. 27. It is this preface that is found before the 1531 edition and therefore also in our Bibles. - The third edition first appeared under the title: "Der Deudsch Psalter D. Luthers zu Wittemberg. 1531." At the end: "Gedrückt zu Wittemberg durch Hans Lusft. M.D.XXXj." In 1533, another print came out in the same Officin under the same title. Further: "Der Psalter mit den Summarien" 1533 and later in many editions, partly under somewhat changed titles, which we will indicate in more detail at the next writing. Especially an edition published in 1545 is to be mentioned here, because Luther gave it its own preface. It is the following: "Der Psalter D. Mart. Luth." Then follows a woodcut: David kneeling before God with a rosary in his hands. Below it: "Xoubui-Sm-.

XbV." At the end: "Gedrugkt zu Neuburg an der Thunaw, bey Hansen Kilian, fürstlichem Rennttschreiber. Xnno H).XOV." This edition was initiated by Count Palatine Otto Heinrich, who sought to bring the Psalter into use and practice among his subjects instead of the papal prayer books. At the request of the Count Palatine, Luther wrote the preface, which begins: "Billig sollte ein jeder Christ" etc. It is found in the Hallische Theile, p. 466; in the Leipzig edition, Vol. XII, p. 10; Walch, alte Ausg, Vol. XIV, 28, and in the Erlanger, Vol. 63, p. 32; also in some editions of the Bible, e.g., in the Bible edited by Calov and in the already mentioned Bible by Dieckmann zu Stabe; further in Hieronymus Weller's witty and edifying interpretations of several Psalms, in the first part of his German writings, p. 269, and in Joachim Mörlin's sermons and interpretation on the Psalms, Erfurt 1580. Fol. Part 2.

that he is merciful and faithful, that is, that he demonstrates love and faithfulness, and shows us all friendship and kindness, and we may rely on him comfortingly, that he does and keeps faithfully, when one relates to him. Such faithfulness and truth is called XXX. Hence comes XXXX, which St. Paul himself interprets from Habakkuk [Cap. 2, 4]: faith; Rom. 1, 17: "The righteous lives by his faith." And in the Psalter it is often said to God, "Thy faith," or "in Thy faith"; because He gives such faith, and builds on His faithfulness. That the two words "truth" and "faith" in Hebrew are almost the same, and almost one is taken for the other. Just as in German we say: He keeps faith who is true and faithful; again, he who mistrusts is considered false and unfaithful.

Then come the two words, "judgment and justice," which we cannot well give either. For the word "judgment", when it stands alone, means a judicial office, as Ps. 7, 7: "Awaken the judgment that you have commanded"; and "to judge" means to govern. For example, it means God's command, as Ps. 119:12: "Teach me your judgments." Item, a custom or right, as Ex. 21, 9: 1) "He shall do to her according to the judgment of the daughter," that is daughter right, or as one is wont to do to a daughter etc. But if it stands with the word "righteousness," it is half of the work of the court, namely the judgment, so that the ungodly and unrighteous are condemned, hated and punished. And "justice" is the other part, so that innocence is protected, preserved and promoted. I would like to say all this in German: "recht und ehrlich. As one says: He has won the matter rightly and honestly. But I was not allowed to go so far from the words.

Now if in the Psalter or otherwise it happens to you that he speaks not badly of judgment and righteousness, but of God's judgment and righteousness, or speaks to God, "Your judgments and righteousness," then by the "righteousness" you must understand faith, and by the "judgment" the slaying of the old Adam. For God through His word both

1) Erlanger: Exo. 20, [22.]

does. He condemns, condemns, punishes and kills what is flesh and blood, but justifies and makes innocent the spirit through faith. This is what God calls judgment and justice. He exercises judgment through the word of His law, Rom. 7, 11: "The law kills"; righteousness through the word of the gospel, which the spirit accepts through faith, Rom. 1, 16. 17, just as the flesh must suffer death through patience. In time, more of these things will become clear and recognizable through the exercise itself.

The 1st Psalm. 2)

Blessed is he that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor treadeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers, but delighteth in the law of the Lord, and speaketh of his law day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which bringeth forth his fruit in his season; and his leaf shall not wither, neither shall he prosper in his work. But this is not how the wicked will fare, but like the chaff that the wind scatters. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment ofa , nor sinners in the company of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.

The 2nd Psalm.

Why do the nations rage, and the people speak in vain? The kings of the land rebel, and the councillors counsel with one another against the Lord and his anointed. Let us break their bands and cast away their cords. But he that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them, and the Lord shall mock at them. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and with his fury shall he make them afraid. But I have set my King on my holy mountain Zion. I will preach of the sentence, that the Lord hath said unto me:

2) The marginal glosses to the Psalter are marked with letters, other notes with numbers. The verse numbers are missing in the old editions.

a) Judgments. That is, they will have neither office nor remain in the Christian community, yes, they will weave themselves together like the chaff from the grain.

You are my Son, today I have begotten you. Cry out from me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the end of the world for your possession. Thou shalt smite them with the scepter of iron, as a potter's vessel shalt thou break them. Be wise therefore, ye kings, and be ye chastened, ye judges of the land. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kissb the Son, that he be not angry, and ye lose your way. For his wrath will soon burn, but good to all who trust in him.

The 3rd Psalm.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.

O Lord, how many are my enemies, and how many set themselves against me. Many say of my soul, He hath no help with God, Sela. But thou, O Lord, art the shield of me, and thou that settest me in honor, and settest up my head. I will call upon the Lord with my voice, and he will hear me from his holy mountain, Sela. I lay and slept, and am awake, for the Lord contains me. I am not afraid of a hundred thousand people, who are lying about against me. Arise, O Lord, and help me, O God, for thou smitest all mine enemies in the jaws, and breakest the teeth of the wicked. With the Lord is thy help, and thy blessing upon thy people.

The 4th Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung on high on stringed instruments. c)

Hear me when I cry, O God of my righteousness, who comfortest me in error, be gracious to me and hear my prayer. Men,d ) how long shall my honor be put to shame? How long will you love the useless, and seek after falsehood? Sela. Know ye that the Lord leadeth his saints in a strange way: the Lord will hear when I call upon him. If ye be angry

b) Kiss, that is, accept him with honor.

c) As one sings with two voices, one above the other in pitch.

d) Men, that is, you who are now not children and should be reasonable.

Do not sin, speak with your heart in your camp, and wait. Sela. Sacrifice rightly, and hope in the Lord. Many say: Who will show us what is good? But, O Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, that thou mayest give joy to my heart: and they shall be great when they have corn and wine for themselves. I will lie down in peace and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

The 5th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to sing high for the inheritance.

O Lord, hear my word, heed my speech. Take heed to my cry, my King and my God, for I will pray before you. O Lord, in the morning thou wilt hear my voice; in the morning I will send and look up. For thou art not a God to whom wickedness pleases; that which is wicked shall not abide before thee. The foolish shall not come before thine eyes; thou art hostile to all evildoers. You will kill the liars. The Lord hath abhorred of the bloodthirsty and the mischievous. But I will enter into thy house upon thy great goodness, and worship against thy holy temple in thy fear. O Lord, guide me in thy righteousness, for mine enemies' sake, direct thy way before me. For in their mouth is nothing righteous, their inwardness is vanity, their jaws are an open grave, with their tongues they dissemble. Blame them, O God, that they fall from their nobility; cast them out because of their great transgression, for they are disobedient to you. Let all who trust in you rejoice, let them glory forever, for you protect them; let all who love your name be glad. For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; your favor will surround them as with a shield.

The 6th Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung on high on stringed instruments of eight strings.

O Lord, do not punish me in your anger, and do not chastise me in your wrath. Lord, have mercy on me, for I am weak.

Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled, and my soul is greatly troubled. O Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, and save my soul; help me for thy goodness' sake. For in death thou art not remembered; who shall thank thee in hell? I have labored with my sighs, I have washed my bed all night long, and with my tears I have softened my bed. My frame is decayed from the wrathe ) and is grown old, for I am troubled in all places. Depart from me, all workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my crying. The Lord has heard my supplication, the Lord has accepted my prayer. All my enemies must be ashamed and afraid, turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

The 7th Psalm.

The innocence of David, of which he sang to your Lord, because of the words of the Moor, the son of Jemim.

In thee, O Lord, do I trust, my God, save me from all my persecutors, and deliver me, lest like a lion he take my soul, and rend it, because there is no deliverer. O Lord my God, if I have done these things, and there is iniquity in my hands; if I have wronged those who had peace with me, or stripped my enemies without a cause; let my enemy pursue my soul and seize it, and tread down my life in the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Sela. Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath, rise above the fury of mine enemies, and raise up unto me the judgmentf ) which thou hast commanded. And let the congregation of the people gather around you, and come up again for their sake. The Lord judges 1) the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and godliness. Put an end to the wicked, and promote the righteous;

e) Wrath, which is God's anger and punishment.

(f) Judgment, that is, restore me to the office which thou hast commanded me, that so the people may be restored unto thee.

1) The third printing of the year 1524 has here the marginal gloss: judges, that is, not I nor anyone, but God Himself alone rules in the people.

For you, righteous God, test hearts and kidneys. My shield is from God, who helps the upright from the heart. God is a righteous judge, and a God who daily prophesies. If a man will not turn, he hath sharpened his sword, he hath bent his bow, he hath aimed, he hath laid up deadly shot, he hath made his arrows to burn. Behold, he hath evil in his mind, he is with child in misfortune, he shall bring forth a fault. He has dug a pit and carried it out, and has fallen into the hole he made. His misfortune shall come again upon his head, and his iniquity shall fall upon his crown. I thank the Lord for his righteousness, and will praise the name of the Lord Most High.

The 8th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to sing high above Githithg ).

O Lord our Sovereign, how glorious is your name in all the earth, since they give you thanks in heaven. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast prepared a power for the sake of thine enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger. For I shall see the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast prepared. What is this man, that thou art mindful of him, and the Son of man, that thou lookest upon him? You will make him a little lacking in God; but with honors and adornment you will crown him. Thou wilt make him ruler over the work of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet, sheep and oxen, and the wild beasts, and the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, and all that pass through the channels of the sea. O Lord our Sovereign, how glorious is your name in all the earth.

The 9th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high, of the Son's youth.

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, and I will tell all your wonders.

g)What this githith is, is still unconscious; but it is called a winepress in German.

I will rejoice and be glad, and praise your name, O Most High, because you have driven my enemies behind you; they have fallen and perished before you. For thou hast judged my right and my cause: thou sittest on the throne a righteous judge. Thou hast reproached the heathen, and destroyed the wicked: thou hast destroyed their name for ever and ever. The swords of the enemy are ended; thou hast turned back the cities; their memory is perished with them. But the Lord abideth for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the earth aright, and the people shall reign uprightly. And the Lord is the poor man's refuge, a refuge in time of trouble. Therefore they that know thy name shall hope in thee: for thou trustest not them that seek thee, O Lord. Praise the Lord that dwelleth in Zion, that sheweth forth his doings among the people. For he remembereth and asketh after their blood; he forgetteth not the cry of the poor. Be merciful unto me, O Lord; behold my affliction among mine enemies, thou that liftest me up out of the gates of death. That I may tell all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in thy salvation. The heathen are sunk in the pit which they have made; their foot is caught in the net which they have set. The Lord is known to do right; the wicked is entangled in the work of his hands. Sela. The wicked must be turned to hell, all the heathen who forget God. For he will not so utterly forget the poor, and the hope of the wretched shall not be lost forever. Arise, O Lord, lest men get the upper hand. Let all the heathen be judged before thee. Set them, O Lord, a teacher, that the heathen may know that they are men. Sela.

The 10th Psalm.

Lord, why do you step so far away, hide yourself in time of need? When the wicked get the upper hand, the poor suffer; they do their will as they choose. For the wicked stirreth up

The wicked man will do as he pleases, and the stingy man will bless himself and blaspheme the Lord. The wicked, because his wrath continues, does not ask for anyone; all his proposals are without God. He is always doing what he does. Your judgments are high from him. He deals defiantly with his enemies. He says in his heart, "I will never be overthrown; there will be no need. His mouth is full of cursing, guile and deceit; under his tongue is toil and labor. He sitteth in wait in the courts; he slayeth the innocent in secret; his eyes are upon the poor multitude. He lies in wait in secret, like a lion in the den; he lies in wait to catch the wretch, and catches him when he draws him into his net. He crushes, and bends, and he falls the poor heap with his violence. He says in his heart: God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he no longer sees it. Arise, O Lord God, lift up your hand, do not forget the wretched. Why should the wicked blaspheme God, and say in his heart, Thou inquirest not? Thou seest, for thou seest the affliction and misery, that it is given into thine hand; the poor company shall restore it unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked, and seek the wicked, and his wickedness shall never be found. The Lord is king forever and ever: ye heathen shall perish from his land. Hear the desire of the wretched, O Lord, and their heart shall be turned, that thine ear may know it. That thou mayest do right to the fatherless and to the poor, that man be no more wicked in the earth.

The 11th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

I trust in the Lord: how then say ye unto my soul, Let it fly as a bird upon your mountains? For behold, the wicked draw the bow, and put their arrows on the string, to shoot in the dark at them that are sincere of the Lord.

1) Erlanger: erhäsche.

hearts. For they have overthrown the foundation, what shall the righteous do to it?

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven, his eyes look upon it, his eyelids test the children of men. The Lord tryeth the righteous, his soul hateth the wicked, and he that loveth iniquity. He will rain upon the wicked rope, fire, brimstone, and the wind of tempest he will pour upon them 1) as a reward. The Lord is righteous, and loveth righteousness, that their faces may look upon that which is right.

The 12th Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung high on eight strings.

Help, Lord, the saints have diminished, and the faithful are few among the children of men. One man speaketh vain things with another, and speaketh hypocrisy with a divided heart. The Lord cut off all hypocrisy, and the tongue that speaketh proudly, saying, Our tongue shall have the preeminence, it is ours to speak: who is our Lord? Because the wretched are desolate, and the poor groan, I will raise up, saith the Lord, I will establish a salvation that shall act confidently in it. The words of the Lord are pure, as silver burned in the crucible of the earth, proved seven times. Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve them, and keep us from this generation for ever. There are wicked men about and about, when the lots are lifted up among the children of men.

The 13th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

Lord, how long will you forget me? How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and bear sorrow in my heart? How long shall my enemy rise up against me? Look and hear me, O Lord, my God; enlighten my eyes, that I may not be lost in death.

1) Erlanger: him.

sleep. Lest my enemy boast that he is

Let mine adversaries not rejoice that I am overthrown. But I hope in your goodness; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing unto the Lord, that he hath restored me.

The 14th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

The foolsh ) say in their heart, There is no God; they are corrupt and abominable in their doings; there is none that doeth good. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if any had understanding, and asked after God. But they were turned aside, and all of them were unfit together; there was none that did good, seek not one. Do not the evildoers who devour my people realize that they have only food to eat? They do not call upon the Lord. Therei they fear; for God is with the generation of the righteous. Ye have mocked the poor man's counsel, that God is his refuge. Who will help Israel in Zion? When the Lord turns away the prison of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

The 15th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy mountain? He who walks without change, and does right, and speaks the truth from the heart. He that speaketh not after his own tongue, and doeth no hurt unto his neighbor, and bringeth no reproach upon his neighbor. The unrighteous are despised in his sight, but he honors those who fear the Lord, who swear to their neighbor and do not change it. He that giveth not his money usurpingly, and taketh not gifts of the innocent. He who does this will be well. 2)

h) The Scripture calls fools raw, loose people who do not ask about God.

i) Fear, that is, they make consciences, since there is none, serve God, which He has not commanded.

2) In the Erlanger, "werden" is added, which we, like Walch, have omitted.

The 16th Psalm.

A golden jewel of David.

Keep me, O God, for I trust in you. I have said to the Lord: You are the Lord, I am not well pleased with you. All my delight is in the saints that are upon the earth, and in the excellent. Their idols are many, and they hasten after them. I will not offer drink offerings to those who are of blood, nor will I use their name in my mouth. But the Lord is my goods and my portion; thou shalt receive my inheritance. The lot is fallen to me in a lovely way; a beautiful inheritance has been given to me. I will praise the Lord, who has counseled me, even my kidneys have chastened me at night. I have the Lord always before my eyes; for he is at my right hand, therefore I shall dwell. Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my gloryj is glad; my flesh also shall lie down secure. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy holy one to see the pit. Thou wilt make known unto me the way of life: before thee is fullness of joy, and sweetness of life at thy right hand for ever.

The 17th Psalm.

A prayer of David.

O Lord, hear righteousness, heed my cry, hear my prayer, which cometh not out of a false mouth. Let my judgment go forth from thee; let thine eyes see what is right. Thou hast tried my heart, thou hast visited it by night, thou hast purged me, thou hast found nothing. I have purposed that my mouth should not transgress. I have kept myself in the word of thy lips, from the works of men in the way of the spoiler. Hallow my walk upon thy footsteps, that my footsteps slip not. I cry unto thee, O God, that thou wouldest hear me: incline thine ears unto me, hear my speech. Show thy loving-kindness, O Savior of them that trust in thee, against them that set themselves against thy right hand. Protect me like

j) Honor, that is, my tongue, as I honor and praise with.

an eyeball in the eye, shield me under the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who disturb me, from my enemies who stand around and around after my soul. They have resolved with their fatk ), they speak proudly with their mouth. Where we go, they surround me; their eyes they direct to bow us to the earth. He is like a lion desiring a prey; like a young lion sitting in the den. Arise, O Lord, overpower him, and humble him; deliver my soul from the wicked with thy sword; from the men of thy hand, from the men of this life, which have their reward in their life, whom thou fillest the belly with thy treasure, which children have the abundance of, and leave the remnant unto their young. But I will behold thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied when thine image shall rise.

The 18th Psalm.

A psalm to be sung on high, of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord at the time when the Lord delivered him from the hand of his enemies and from the hand of Saul, saying:

I am your refuge, O Lord, my strength. O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my refuge, in whom I trust, my shield and horn of salvation, and my refuge. I will call upon the Lord with praise, and I shall be delivered from mine enemies. For the pains of death compassed me about, and the rivers of Belial terrified me. The torment of hell compassed me, and the distress of death overwhelmed me. When I am afraid, I call upon the Lord, and cry unto my God, and he heareth my voice from his holy temple, and my cry cometh before him in his ears. The earth quaked and was moved, and the foundations of the mountains moved and shook, because he was angry. Steam went up from his nose, and consuming fire from his mouth, coals burned.

k) Fat, that is, the great and powerful have become one of them.

tion of it. He bowed the heavens and descended, and darkness was under his feet. And he mounted the cherub, and flew. He floated on the wings of the wind. He covered himself with darkness around his tent, with dark waters in the thick clouds. His clouds passed away before his brightness, hail and coals of fire. And the Lord thundered in heaven, and the most High let out his thunder, hail and coals of fire. He shot his arrows and scattered them. He caused great lightnings and terrified them. Then water was poured out, and the foundations of the earth were opened, O Lord, by thy rebuke, by the breath and snort of thy nostrils. He sent forth from on high, and fetched me, and drew me up out of great waters. He delivered me from my strong enemies, from my haters who were too mighty for me. Who overcame me in the time of my calamity, and the Lord became my confidence. And he led me out into space. He plucked me out, for he had pleasure in me. And the Lord will repay me according to my righteousness. He will pay me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not been ungodly against my God. For all his judgments are before me, and I will not cast away his judgments from me. But I will be without change with him, and keep myself from my sin. Therefore the Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. With the saints you will be holy, and with the unchanging you will be without change. And with the pure you will be pure, and with the perverse you will be perverse. For thou wilt help the wretched people, and the high eyes lowly. For thou shalt lighten my lamp: the Lord my God shall make light my darkness. For with thee I can smite the people of war, And with my God leap over the walls. God's ways are without change, the words of the Lord are purified, he is a shield to all who trust in him. For where is a GOtt, without the Lord? or a refuge, without our GOtt? God has girded me

with strength, and hath made my ways without change. He hath made my feet like the deer, and set me on my high place. He maketh my hand to fight, and maketh my arm to draw the bow of brass. And thou givest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right hand strengtheneth me; and when thou humblest me, thou makest me great. Thou makest room to walk under me, that my ankles slip not. I will pursue after mine enemies, and seize them, and will not turn back until I have slain them. I will smite them, that they shall not abide; they shall fall under my feet. Thou wilt arm me with strength for battle. Thou wilt cast under me them that set themselves against me. Thou givest me mine enemies to flee, that I may destroy mine haters. They cry out, but there is no helper; to the Lord, but he does not answer them. I will crush them like dust before the wind; I will cast them away like the dung in the streets. Thou wilt save me from the heretical people, and set me for a head among the heathen: a people that I knew not shall serve me. They obey me with obedient ears, but the strange children deny me. The strange children are outworn, and shall go limp in their bonds. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Hori, and the God of my salvation shall be exalted; the God that giveth me vengeance, and compelleth the nations under me; that delivereth me from mine enemies, and exalteth me from them that set themselves against me. Thou wilt save me from iniquities. Therefore will I give thee thanks, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praise unto thy name. Who1 hath shewed great salvation unto his king, and hath shewed mercy unto his anointed, David, and to his seed for ever.

The 19th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. One day tells another, and one night makes known to another. There is no language nor speech, where one does not hear their voice.

1) In the Erlanger, "the" is repeated.

Their guide has gone out into all the earth, and their speech to the end of the world; he has made a tabernacle for the sun in them. And it goes out like a bridegroom from his chamber, and is glad to run the way like a hero. It rises at one end of heaven, and returns to the same end, and nothing is hidden from its heat. The law of the Lord is without change and restores the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, and makes wise the foolish. The essays of the Lord are right and gladden the heart. The commandments of the Lord are clear and enlighten the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure and abides forever. The judgments of the Lord are righteous, all just. They are more precious than gold and much fine gold; they are sweeter than honey and honeycomb. Thy servant also is made careful by them: for he hath great reward that keepeth them. Who is mindful of the error? Cleanse me from the secret ones. Keep thy servant also from the proud, that they rule not over me: then shall I be without change, and innocent from great iniquity. Let the speech of my mouth be acceptable unto thee, And the conversation of my heart before thee, O Lord, my refuge and my redeemer.

The 20th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

May the Lord hear you in your time of anguish, may the name of God Jacob protect you. He shall send thee help from the holy place, and strengthen thee from Zion. He shall remember all thy meat offering, and thy burnt offering shall be fat, selah. He give thee that which thou hast in mind, and fulfill thy purpose. We will boast of your salvation, and in the name of our God we will raise up panels. May the Lord grant all your requests. Now I see that the Lord helps his anointed, and hears him in his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is mighty. They rely on chariots and horses, but we will remember the name of our God. They have fallen down, but we stand upright. Help, O Lord, let the King hear us at the time when we cry out.

The 21st Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

O Lord, the king rejoiceth in thy strength, and how glad is he of thy salvation. Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not hindered what his lips have asked, Selah. For thou wilt shower him with good blessings; thou wilt set a crown of gold upon his head. He has asked you for life, and you have given him long life forever and ever. He has great glory in your salvation; you will place praise and honor on him. For thou wilt set him for a blessing forever; thou wilt make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. For the king shall hope in the Lord, and shall stand firm through the goodness of the Most High. Thine hand shall find all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find them that hate thee. Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire in the time of thy countenance. The Lord shall devour them in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit thou shalt destroy in the land, and their seed among the children of men. For they would do thee evil, and devised devices which they could not perform. For thou shalt make them thy shoulderl ; thou shalt bend thy sinews against their face. Arise, O Lord, in thy strength, and we will sing and praise thy might.

The 22nd Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high, of the hind, the morning glories.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The words of my howling are far from my salvation. My God, I call by day and you do not answer, and by night I have no rest. But thou art holy, and dwellest under the praise of Israel. Our fathers hoped in thee, and when they hoped, thou didst deliver them. To thee they cry, and are saved: they hoped in thee, and were not put to shame. But I am a worm, and not a man: I am the scorn of men, and the contempt of the people. All who see me mock me,

l) to the shoulder, that they must always bear and suffer misfortune.

shut their mouths and shake their heads. Let him complain to the Lord, and he will help him, and save him, if he has a desire for him. For thou hast drawn me out of my mother's womb: thou art my confidence, when I was yet at my mother's breasts. Upon thee am I cast from my mother's womb. You are my God from my mother's womb. Do not be far from me, for fear is near, for there is no helper here. Great bulls have surrounded me, fat oxen have surrounded me. They have opened their barges against me, like a roaring and ravening lion. I am poured out like water, all my bones are cut asunder, my heart is melted in my womb like wax. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me, and the evil one's pack has made itself around me; they have dug through my hands and feet. I would count all my legs; but they look and behold me. They divide my garments among them, and cast lots for my vesture. But thou, O Lord, make thyself not far off; my strength, haste thou to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword, from the hand of the dogs my lonely one. Save me from the lion's mouth, and hear me among the horns of the unicorns. I will tell thy name unto my brethren; I will praise thee in the congregation. Glorify the Lord, ye that fear him: let all the seed of Jacob glory in him, and let all the seed of Israel be afraid of him. For he hath not despised nor disdained the affliction of the poor, neither hid his face from him, and when he cried unto him, he heard it. From thee shall be my thanksgiving in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him. Let the poor eat, that they may be filled; and let them praise the Lord that ask after him: let your heart live for ever. Let the end of the world be remembered, that they may turn unto the Lord, and worship before him all kindreds of the Gentiles. For the Lord has a kingdom, and he is a Lord among the Gentiles. Let them eat and worship

let all the fat peoplem ) on earth pray to him; let all who lie in the dust bow the knee to him, and let not his soul live. A seed shall serve him, of the Lord shall they proclaim unto babes. They shall come and preach his righteousness unto the people that are born, that he may do it.

The 23rd Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to feed where there is much grass, and leadeth me beside the waters that cool me. He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me against mine enemies; Thou makest my head fat with oil, And pourest me out full. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

The 24th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

The earth is the Lord's, and the things that are therein; the ground, and the things that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the waters. Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He who has innocent hands and is pure in heart, who does not lift up his soul in vain, and does not swear falsely. He will receive blessings from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks thy face, O Jacob. Sela. Lift up your heads, ye gates, and arise, ye doors of the world, that the King of glory may enter in. Who is this same King of honor? It is the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle. Ye gates, lift up

m) Fat ones are the rich and great; those who lie in the dust are the poor and lowly; those who do not let their soul live are those who die or are ready to die. All of them are to worship Christ.

Lift up your heads, O doors of the world, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this same King of honor? It is the Lord of hosts, it is the king of honors, Sela.

The 25th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. My God, I hope in you; let me not be put to shame, lest my enemies rejoice over me. For no one is put to shame who respects you, but those who spurn without cause are put to shame. Show me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me thy paths. Guide me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; daily I wait for thee. Remember, O Lord, thy mercy, and thy lovingkindness, which was from the world. Remember not the sin of my youth, nor my transgression: but remember me according to thy mercy, for thy lovingkindness' sake. The Lord is good and right, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. He leadeth the wretched aright, and teacheth the wretched his way. All the ways of the Lord are goodness and faithfulness to them that keep his covenant and testimony. For thy name's sake, O Lord, be merciful to my iniquity, which is great. Who is he that feareth the Lord? He shall instruct him in the way which he hath chosen. His soul shall dwell in goodness, and his seed shall inherit the earth. The secret of the Lord is among those who fear him, and his covenant he will make them know. My eyes always look to the Lord, for he will pull my foot out of the net. Turn to me, and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and wretched. The anguish of my heart is great; lead me out of my distresses. Behold my affliction and misery, and take away all my sin. Behold, my enemies are so many, and with a free hatred they hate me. Keep my soul, and save me; let me not be put to shame; for I trust in thee. Keep me bad and right, for I wait for you. God, deliver Israel from all her distress.

The 26th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Judge me, O Lord, for I walk without change. I hope in the Lord, therefore I shall not go astray. Examine me, O Lord, and try me; purify my kidneys and my heart. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes, and I walk in thy truth. I sit not with the vain, and have not fellowship with the deceitful. I hate the assembly of the wicked, and will not sit with the wicked. I will wash my hands in innocency, and will be, O Lord, about thine altar. That I may hear the voice of thanksgiving, that all thy wonders may be told. O Lord, I love the place of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth. Take not my soul with sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty, in whose hand is iniquity, and their right hand is full of gifts. But I will walk without change; deliver me, and be gracious unto me. My foot is upon the plain; I will praise thee, O Lord, in the assemblies.

The 27th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation, of whom should I be afraid? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? For when the wicked, my adversaries and enemies, came to devour my flesh, they ran and fell. If an army comes against me, my heart will not fear; if a battle arises against me, I will rely on it. One thing I have asked of the Lord, and this I will require, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the pleasure of the Lord, and to seek his temple. For he hath covered me in his tabernacle in the evil time; he hid me secretly in his tent, and lifted me up upon a rock; and now shall I lift up my head above mine enemies that are round about me, and I will offer sacrifices of glory in his tabernacle; I will sing and praise unto the Lord. O Lord, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me, and hear me. My heart

has said of you: Seek my face. O Lord, I will seek thy face. Do not hide your face from me, and do not reject your servant in anger, for you are my help. Do not leave me, and do not turn away your hand from me, O God of my salvation. For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord hath taken me up. O Lord, show me thy way, and lead me in a straight path for the sake of mine enemies. Give me not into the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and speak iniquities unfeignedly. I believe that I shall see the good of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait upon the Lord, be of good cheer, and let thine heart be steadfast, and wait upon the Lord.

The 28th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

When I cry out to you, my refuge, do not be silent to me, lest, where you are silent, I become like those who go into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands unto thy holy choir. Put me not among the wicked, and among the workers of iniquity, who speak kindly to their neighbor, and have evil in their heart. Give them according to their deeds, and according to their wickedness; give them according to the works of their hands; recompense them according to their deserts. For they regard not the work of the Lord, nor the works of his hands: therefore shall they be broken down, and not edified. Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart hopes, and I am saved; and my heart is glad, and I will give thanks to him with my song. The Lord is their strength, he is the strength that helps his anointed. Help thy people, and bless thine inheritance, and feed them, and exalt them for ever.

The 29th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Create unto the Lord, ye strong; create unto the Lord glory and strength.

Give glory to the Lord for his name, worship the Lord in holy adornment. The voice of the Lord goes on the waters, the God of honor thunders, the Lord on great waters. The voice of the Lord goes with power. The voice of the Lord goes with ornament. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars, the Lord breaketh the cedars in Lebanon. And makes them lick like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord breaketh the flames of the fire. The voice of the Lord stirreth up the wilderness; the voice of the Lord stirreth up the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord stirreth up the winds, and uncovereth the forests; and in his temple shall all men give him glory. The Lord sits to make a flood of sin, and the Lord remains a king forever. The Lord will give strength to his people, the Lord will bless his people with peace. n)

The 30th Psalm.

A psalm song of the dedication of the house of David.

I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast raised me up, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, when I cried unto thee, thou madest me whole. O Lord, thou hast brought my soul out of hell; thou hast kept me alive when they go down to the pit. Praise the Lord, ye saints, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness. For his wrath endureth for a moment, and he delighteth to live: in the evening there is weeping, but in the morning there is glory. But I said, when I was well: I will abide forever. For, O Lord, by thy lovingkindness thou hast made my mountain strong: but when thou hidest thy face, I was afraid. I will, O Lord, cry unto thee, I will pray unto the Lord. What profit is there in my blood, if I go to destruction? Will the dust also thank thee, and proclaim thy faithfulness? Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; O Lord, be my helper. Thou hast turned my lamentation into a rei-

n) Peace, that is, that [it] will be well with him.

You have taken off my sackcloth and girded me with joy. That my glory may praise thee,o , and not be satisfied, O Lord my God; I will give thee thanks for ever.

The 31st Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

O Lord, in thee do I trust: let me never be put to shame: save me with thy righteousness. Incline thine ear unto me; haste thou to save me; be thou a strong rock unto me, and a house for a stronghold, that thou mayest help me. For thou art my rock, and my fortress. And for thy name's sake thou wilt1 guide and lead me. You would pull me out of the net they have set for me, for you are my strength. Into your hands I commend my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, you faithful God. I hate them that hold vanity: but I hope in the Lord. I rejoice and am glad in thy lovingkindness, because thou hast looked upon my affliction, and hast known my soul in anguish, and hast not delivered me into the hands of the enemy; thou hast set clean feet upon a broad place. Lord, have mercy on me, for I am in anguish, my face is faint with wrath,p and my soul and my belly. For my life is waxed old with grief, and my years with sighing. My strength is gone from my iniquity, and my legs are fainted. I am become a great reproach to all mine enemies, and to my neighbors, and a reproach to my kinsmen. Mine is forgotten in the heart (as of a dead man); I am become as a corrupt thing. For I hear an evil cry from many; fear is around and around. Since they secretly hold counsel with one another over me, they think to take my soul. But I, O Lord, hope in thee, and say, Thou art my God. My time is in thy hands; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from

0) Glory, my tongue and strings, as I honor you with, Ps. 16, 9.

1) "you" is missing in the Erlanger.

v) Wrath, that is, before the calamity I suffer, as God's wrath.

to those who persecute me. Let your face shine upon your servant; help me by your goodness. O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon thee. The wicked must be put to shame, and be quenched in hell. Let false lips be put to silence, who speak against the righteous with hope and contempt. How great is thy good, which thou hast hid from them that fear thee, and hast delivered it from the children of men unto them that trust in thee. Thou wilt hide them secretly with thee from every man's pride; thou wilt hide them in the tabernacle from the brawling tongues. Praise be to the Lord, that he hath done a special kindness unto me in a strong city. But I said in my anguish, I am cast out of thine eyes: therefore hast thou heard my supplications, when I cried unto thee. Love the Lord, all his saints: the Lord keepeth the faithful, and rewardeth him that is proud. Be of good cheer, and let your hearts be steadfast, all ye that wait upon the Lord.

The 32nd Psalm.

An Instruction of David.

Blessed is the man whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no falsehood. For when I would have concealed it,q my bones fainted from my daily weeping. For your hand was heavy on me day and night; my sap dried up, as in summer, Sela. Therefore I make known my sin, and hide not my iniquity. I said: I will confess my transgression against me unto the Lord, and thou shalt forgive me the iniquity of my sin, Sela. For this shall all the saints pray before thee in due time: therefore when great floods of waters come, they shall not reach the same. Thou art my shield, thou wilt keep me from fear, and with the glory of one saved.

q) conceal, that is, since I did not want to confess that vain sin was with me, my conscience had no rest until I had to confess it and trust in God's goodness alone.

surround me, Sela. I will give you understanding and show you the way you should walk, I will beckon you with my eyes. Do not be like horses and mouths that have no understanding, which must be put in a bridle and bit in their mouths if they do not want to come to you. The wicked must suffer much, but he who hopes in God will be embraced by goodness. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and be glad; and praise all them that are upright in heart.

The 33rd Psalm.

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous: for the upright it is good to boast. Give thanks to the Lord with harps, and sing praises to him on the psaltery with ten strings. Sing unto him a new song, make it good on the strings with sound. For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are faithful. He loveth righteousness and judgment; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. The heavens are made by the word of the Lord, and all his host by the mouth of his Spirit. He gathereth up the waters of the sea, as into a hose, and layeth up the deeps in secret. All the earth is afraid of the Lord, and before him all who dwell on the face of the earth are afraid. For when he speaks, it is done; when he gives, it stands. The Lord brings to nought the counsel of the heathen, and hinders the thoughts of the nations. But the counsel of the Lord abideth for ever, the thoughts of his heart for ever. Blessed are the people, whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen for an inheritance. The Lord looks down from heaven and beholds all the children of men. From his prepared seat he looks upon all who dwell on the earth. He looks atr ) their hearts in all things; he observes all their works. A king is not helped by his great power; a strong man is not saved by his great strength. A horse lacks help, and is not saved by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, that wait upon his mercy to deliver their souls from death,

r) directs, that is what they think, he gives and directs as he wills.

and nourish them in the trial. Our soul waits for the Lord, he is our help and shield. For our heart rejoices in him, and we hope in his holy name. May your goodness, O Lord, be upon us, as we hope in you.

The 34th Psalm.

A psalm of David, when he hid his spirit from Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

I will praise the Lord always; his praise shall be in my mouth forever. Let my soul glory in the Lord, that the wretched may hear and rejoice. Praise the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name with one another. When I sought the Lord, he answered me, and delivered me from all my fear. Those who look to him will be enlightened, and their faces will not be disgraced. When this wretch cried out, the Lord heard and saved him from all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Taste and see how kind the Lord is; good for the man who trusts in him. Fear him, his saints; for they that fear him have no lack. The rich go hungry, but those who seek the Lord have no lack of anything. Hear me, children, and I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is he that desireth to live, and desireth to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Forsake evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord look upon the righteous, and his ears upon their cry. But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth. When the righteous cry out, the Lord hears and delivers them from all their distress. The Lord is near to those who are brokenhearted and helps those who are brokenhearted. The righteous must suffer much, but the Lord helps him out of it all. He preserves all his bones, so that not one of them will be broken. The

Unhappiness shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be iniquitous. The Lord redeems the soul of his servants, and all who trust in him will have no guilt.

The 35th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

O Lord, contend with my disputants, fight against my contenders. Seize the shield and screen and set out to help me. Bring forth the spear, and defend me against my persecutors. Say to my soul: I am your salvation. Those who are after my soul shall be ashamed and be cursed; those who want to harm me shall return and be put to shame. They must become like chaff before the wind, and the angel of the Lord drive them away. Let their way become dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. For without cause they have set their nets to destroy me, and without cause they have made pits for my soul. A tumult comes upon him unawares, and his net, which he has set, must see him, and fall into the same tumult. But let my soul rejoice in the Lord, and be glad in his salvation. All my bones must say, "Lord, who is like you? Thou that savest the wretch from him that is too strong for him, and the poor and needy from his robbers. Frevele witnesses appear, they ask me, of which I know nothing. They repay me evil for good, to make my soul desolate. But I, when they were sick, put on sackcloth, humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer turned to my bosom. I walked as if it were my friend and brother, I bent down sadly, like a wailing mother. But they rejoice at my harm, and come home; the limpers come upon me in heaps unawares; they tear and cease not. With the gluttonous and mocking hypocrites they gnash their teeth at me. O Lord, how long wilt thou watch? Bring again my soul from their tumult, and my lonely one from the young lions. I will thank thee in the great

Community, and among many people I will boast of you. Let not those rejoice over me who are hostile to me without cause, nor wave their eyes at me who hate me without cause. For they speak not peace, and devise false words against the outcasts of the land. And they open their mouths wide against me, and say: There, there, our eyes see it. O Lord, thou seest it: hold not thy peace, O Lord, remove not thyself from me. Arise, and awake to my right, and to my cause, my God and my Lord. O Lord my God, judge me according to thy righteousness, lest they rejoice over me. Let them not say in their heart, There, there, we would. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. They shall be ashamed and put to shame, all they that rejoice in mine iniquity; they shall be clothed with shame and dishonor, they that magnify themselves against me. They that delight in my righteousness shall boast and rejoice, saying always, Let the Lord be highly praised, who delighteth in the peace of his servant. And let my tongue speak of thy righteousness, and daily of thy praise.

The 36th Psalm.

A psalm of David, the Lord's servant, to be sung on high.

It is said in my heart of the transgression of the wicked, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. But he pretends to himself before his eyes, until his iniquity is found worthy of hatred. The words of his mouth are unjust and false; he does not consider that he would be wise to do good. He is vain in his own camp, and treadeth not in a good way, neither spareth he iniquity. O Lord, thy lovingkindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God, thy judgment as the great deep. O Lord, thou savest both man and beast. How precious is your goodness, O God, that the children of men should trust under the shadow of your wings. They shall be filled with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt water them with the brook of thy mercy.

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ner pleasure. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we shall see the light. Extend your goodness to those who know you, and your righteousness to those who are upright in heart. Let not the foot of hope come upon me, nor let the hand of the wicked overthrow me. There the wicked fall, they are cast out, and cannot abide.

The 37th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Do not be angry with the wicked, do not be envious of the wicked. For like the grass they shall soon be cut down, and like the green herb they shall wither. Hope in the Lord, and do good; abide in the land, and nourish thyself in the faith. Take pleasure in the Lord, who will give you what your heart desires. Commit thy ways unto the Lord, and hope in him: he will do it well. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, And thy justice as the noonday. Be still unto the Lord, and let him deal with thee. Be not angry with the man that is well pleased, and doeth according to his will. Turn away from wrath, and leave off anger; be not angry, that thou also doest evil. For the wicked shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth. If there be yet a little, the wicked shall not be there: then shalt thou take heed to his place, and he shall not be there. But the wretched shall inherit the land, and have pleasure in great peace. The wicked dreadeth the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth at him. But the Lord laugheth at him: for he seeth that his day cometh. The wicked draw out their sword, and draw their bow, that they may cut down the wretched and the poor, and slay them that walk uprightly in the way. But their sword shall enter into their heart, and their bow shall break. Better is the little of the righteous than the great good of many wicked. For the arm of the wicked will break, but the Lord contains the righteous. The Lord knows the days of the righteous, and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be put to shame in the

s) To see, that is, to see your desire.

evil time, and in the time of trouble they will have enough. For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord: though they be as the pleasant pasture, yet shall they all be as the smoke is all. The wicked borroweth and payeth not: but the righteous is merciful and mild. For his blessed shall inherit the land; but his cursed shall be cut off. By God a man's ways are encouraged, and hath pleasure in his paths. If he fall, he shall not be cast away: for the Lord upholdeth him in his hand. I have been young, and have grown old, and have never seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed go after bread. Daily he is merciful, and lendeth; and his seed shall be blessed. Forsake evil, and do good, and abide forever. For the Lord loveth righteousness, and forsaketh not his saints: they shall be preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous is filled with wisdom, and his tongue speaks of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; his footsteps do not slip. The wicked looketh upon the righteous, and thinketh to slay him. But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is condemned. Wait upon the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee, and thou shalt inherit the earth: when the wicked shall be cut off, thou shalt see. s) I saw an ungodly man, mighty, and rooted up like a green laurel tree. As one passed by, behold, he was gone; I asked for him, and he was nowhere to be found. Keep piety, and see what is sincere; for in the end he will have peace. But the transgressors are destroyed with one another, and the wicked are cut off at last. But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord, who is their strength in time of trouble. And the Lord shall stand by them, and shall deliver them, and shall deliver them from the wicked, and shall save them, because they trust in him.

The 38th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to remember.

O Lord, do not punish me in your anger, and do not chastise me in your wrath. For thine arrows are in me, and thy hand is upon me. There is no soundness in my body from thy wrath, neither is there peace in my bones from my sin. For my iniquities are gone over my head, as a heavy burden they are become too heavy for me. My wounds have become stinking and rotten because of my foolishness. I bend and stoop almost very much; all day long I walk sadly. For my intestines are all withered, and there is nothing healthy in my body. I am all too bruised and battered; I howl with the disquietness of my heart. All my desires are before you, O Lord, and my groaning is not hidden from you. My heart trembles, my strength has left me, and the light of my eyest is not with me. My loved ones and friends stand against my plague, and my neighbors stand aloof. And those who are after my soul oppose me, and those who want to harm me speak and write falsehood daily. I am like a deaf man who does not hear, and like a mute who does not open his mouth. And I must be as one that heareth not, and hath not an answer in his mouth. For I wait, O Lord, for thee; thou, O Lord my God, wilt answer. For I think that they will not rejoice over me; if my foot were lifted up, they would boast against me. For I am made to suffer, and pain is always before me. For I show my iniquity, and am careful for my sin. But mine enemies live, and are mighty; and they that hate me without guilt are many. And they that repay me good with evil are against me, because I follow after that which is good. Forsake me not, O Lord my God; depart not from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation.

t) Light of my eyes, that is, my face is not light and joyful, but looks sour, sorrowful and gloomy.

The 39th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to sing high for Jeduthun.

I said: I will keep my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with one bite, though the wicked stand against me. I have fallen silent, I have become still, I am silent of good, and my sorrow grieves me. My heart is warmed in my flesh, and fire is kindled in my thoughts. I have spoken with my tongue. O Lord, let me know my end, and what is the goal of my life, that I may know what I lack. Behold, thou hast measured my days as with a hand, and the length of my life is as nothing before thee. How utterly vain are all men that live, Sela. Yea, every man walketh as an image, and is vainly disquieted; he gathereth, and knoweth not who shall bring it in. Now, O Lord, what is my hope? I wait for thee. Deliver me from all my transgression, and put me not to the shame of fools. I am dumb, and open not my mouth: for thou hast made it. Turn away thy plague from me; For I am faint for fear of thy hand. Thou chastenest every man when thou punishest iniquity, And makest his beauty to be consumed like a spider. How vain are all men, Sela. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and hear my cry, and be not silent over my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as were all my fathers. Depart from me, that I may rest before I go, and be no more.

The 40th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

I waited for the Lord, and he bowed down to me and heard my cry. And brought me up out of the pit of the brewing, and out of the mire and dung, and set my feet upon the rock, and made my walk prosperous. And hath put a new song in my mouth, a glory to our God: which many shall see, and fear, and hope in the Lord. Blessed is he that putteth his hope in the Lord, and feareth not the Lord.

turns to the hopeful, and those who deal in lies. O Lord, my God, you have done many wonders, and nothing is like your thoughts about us. This I will declare, and say that they are too great to tell. Thou hast no pleasure in sacrifice and meat offering, but thou hast opened mine ears: thou requireest neither burnt offering nor sin offering. Then said I, Behold, I come; in the book it is written of me. I will do your will, O God, and your law is within me. I will preach righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I will not withhold my lips; O Lord, thou knowest. Thy righteousness have I not hid in mine heart; of thy faith and salvation speak I; I conceal not thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness in the great congregation. But thou, O Lord, wilt not turn away thy mercy from me: let thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness keep me always. For I have been surrounded by calamities of which there is no number; my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I cannot see; they have become more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has forsaken me. Let it please thee, O Lord, to save me; haste to help me. Let them be ashamed, and let them be ashamed, that are after my soul, that they should destroy them: let them fall back with one another, and let them be ashamed, that do me wrong. They must soon become ashamed who say of me: There, there. All who ask for you must rejoice and be glad, and all who love your salvation must say: Praise be to the Lord. For I am poor and miserable; the Lord thinks for me. Thou art my helper and savior; my God, consume not.

The 41st Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung on high. 1)

Blessed is he who takes care of the poor, whom the Lord will save in the evil time.

1) In srratis: Thus lift up the 41st Psalm: Blessed is he who takes care of the poor, or who takes care of the poor. (Zeidler and Walch.) - According to this information, I have put this improvement in the text instead of: "Wohl dem, der sich verstehet auf den Dürftigen", which Walch and the Erlangen edition have retained.

The Lord shall preserve him, and keep him alive, and make him prosper on earth, and not give him into the will of his enemies. The Lord shall rest him in the bed of his affliction; all his camp thou shalt walk in his sickness. I said, O Lord, have mercy on me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish? When he came in to look, his heart spake vainly, and gathered him only iniquity, and went out to recount it. All those who attack me murmur with one another against me, and think evil of me. They have decided a knavery against me: When he lies down, he shall not rise again. Even my friend, on whom I trusted, who ate with me, tramples me under his feet. But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and awake me, and I will pay them. In this I perceive that thou delightest in me, that mine enemy shall not exult over me. But thou hast kept me through my piety, and hast set me before thy face for ever. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from this time forth and for evermore. Amen.

The 42nd Psalm.

An instruction of the children Korah to sing high.

As the deer cries out to the streams of water, so my soul, O God, cries out to you. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when will I come in and see God's face? My tears are my food day and night, because they say to me daily, "Where is your God? When I think of this, I pour out my soul against me. For I would gladly go over with the multitude, and go with them to the house of God, in the sound of praise and thanksgiving, among the multitude that celebrate. Why do you grieve, my soul, and are so troubled within me? Wait upon God, for I will yet give thanks to Him for the salvation of His countenance. My God, my soul is troubled within me; therefore I remember you in the land of Jordan and Hermonim,

at the small mountain. A deep calls the mdern, above the roar of your flood; all your waves1 ) and waves go over me. The Lord hath commanded his goodness in the daytime; and at night his catch with me, the prayer unto God of my life. I will say to God, my rock: Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go so sadly, because my enemy presseth me? It is as a murder in my legs that my enemies revile me, when they say to me daily, Where is now thy God? Why do you grieve, my soul, and are so troubled within me? Wait upon God, for I shall yet thank Him for the salvation of His countenance.

The 43rd Psalm.

Judge me, O Lord, and plead my cause against the unholy people, and deliver me from the false and wicked people. For you are the God of my strength, why do you reject me? Why do you let me go so sadly when my enemy presses me? Send thy light and thy truth, that they may guide me, and bring me to thy holy mountain, and to thy dwelling place. That I may go in to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and delight, and give thanks to you, O God, on the harp, my God. Why do you grieve, my soul, and are so troubled within me? Harp on God, for I shall yet give thanks to Him for the salvation of His countenance.

The 44th Psalm.

An instruction of the children Korah to sing high.

God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what you did in their days of old. Thou hast driven out the heathen with thine hand, and hast established them; thou hast destroyed the nations, and hast driven them out. For they took not the land by the sword, neither did their arm help them: but thy right hand, thine arm, and that which thou hast done, thou hast done.

Light of your countenance, for you were well pleased with them. Thou art my King, O God, who didst help Jacob. By thee will we overthrow our enemies; in thy name will we subdue them that set themselves against us. For I will not depend on my bow, nor will my sword help me; but thou wilt save us from our enemies, and wilt put to shame them that hate us. We will praise God daily, and give thanks to your name forever, Sela. Why then dost thou cast us off, and let us be put to shame, and dost thou not go forth from among our host? You let us flee from our enemy, so that those who hate us may rob us. Thou givest us away like sheep for the slaughter, and scatterest us among the heathen. Thou sellest thy people cheaply, and takest no money for it. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us an example among the heathen, and the nations shake their heads at us. Daily is my reproach before me, and the shame of my face covereth me, before the voice of the reproachful and the blasphemous, before the enemy and the revenger. All this has come upon us, and yet we have not forgotten you, nor acted falsely in your covenant. Our hearts have not turned back, nor our ways departed from thy path. That thou shouldest smite us in the place of serpentsu ) And hast covered us with darkness. If we forget the name of our God, and lift up our hands to a strange god, will not God find it? For he knows the secret in the heart. For we are slain daily for thy sake, and are esteemed as sheep for the slaughter. Awake, O Lord, why are you asleep? Awake, and do not cast us off. Why dost thou hide thy face, Forgetting our affliction and our distress? For our soul is bowed to the earth, our belly clings to the ground. Arise, help us, and deliver us for your goodness' sake.

1) Erlanger: "Water arch".

u) Serpents, that is, the poisonous tyrants; and darkness means misfortune.

The 45th Psalm.

A lovely song and instruction of the children of Korah, from the roses, to sing high.

My heart is a poet of good; I speak what I have made of a king; my tongue is the stylus of a skillful scribe. You are the most beautiful of the children of men; your lips are blessed; therefore God blesses you forever. Gird thy sword about thy loins, O mighty one, with praise and adornment. Let thy adornment prosper thee; Go forth with truth, meekness, and righteousness; Thy right hand shall teach thee wondrously. Sharp are your arrows, the nations will submit to you, in the midst of the king's enemies. God, your throne remains forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a straight scepter. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore, O God, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness, more than thy fellows. All thy garments are like myrrh, aloes and kezia,v ) one rejoices in thee above the ivory temples. The daughters of kings walk in thy ornaments; the queen is at thy right hand in precious gold. Hear, daughter, look upon it, and incline thine ears; forget thy people and thy father's house. Then the king will delight in your beauty, for he is your Lord, and you shall worship him. The daughter of Zorw ) will be there with gift; the rich among the people will plead before you. The king's daughter is all glorious within; her garment is wrought gold. She will be brought to the king in embroidered garments, and virgins after her, who are her neighbors, will be brought to you. They shall be brought with joy and gladness, and shall enter into the temple of the king. In the place of your fathers you have had children, whom you will bring to

v) What Kezia is, I do not know; some call it Kasia fistula. It must be a root that smells well and holds clothes well.

w) Zor means the city of Tyre. It may also mean a rock; but he calls the city Thrus, which was the richest and most famous city at that time, as if to say: Even the richest in the world will honor Christendom kin later editions: "Christum"] etc.

You shall make me ruler in all the earth. I will remember your name from child to child; therefore the nations will give you thanks forever and ever.

The 46th Psalm.

A song of the children Korah, of the youth, to sing high.

God is our confidence and strength, a help in the great troubles that have befallen us. Therefore, we will not be afraid if the earth collapses and the mountains fall into the sea. If the sea were to rage and lead into a heap, and the mountains were to tremble before its impetuosity, Sela. The river with its streams delights the city of God, the holy dwellings of the Most High. God is with her within, therefore she will remain well; God helps her 1) early. The nations rage, and the kingdoms stir; when he is heard, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the Lord of Jacob is our refuge, Sela. Come, and reprove the works of the Lord, who hath wrought such destruction in the earth. He hath kept the strife until the end of the world; he hath broken bows, he hath broken spears, he hath burned chariots with fire. Let go, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge, Sela.

The 47th Psalm.

A psalm to sing high, of the children of Korah.

Rejoice with your hands, all nations, and shout for joy to God. For the Lord Most High is terrifying, a great king over all the face of the earth. He will strike the nations under us, and people under our feet. He will choose us for an inheritance, the glory of Jacob, whom he loves, Sela. God has ascended with shouting, and the Lord with a bright trumpet. Sing praises, sing praises to God; sing praises, sing praises to our King. For God is King.

1) Erlanger: "me".

nig on all the face of the earth, praise him with understanding. God is King over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the nations are gathered together as one people to the God of Abraham, for God is greatly exalted among the lords of the earth.

The 48th Psalm.

A psalm song of the children of Korah.

Great is the Lord, and highly renowned, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain. Mount Zion is like a beautiful branch that all the earth rejoices over; on the side toward midnight is the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces to be the protector. For, behold, the kings are gathered together, and passed by with one another. They marveled when they saw these things; they were amazed and perplexed. Trembling they arrived there, afraid like a woman in childbirth. You will break the ships in the sea by the east wind. As we have heard, so we see it in the city of our God; God is preparing it forever, Sela. God, we wait for your goodness in your temple. God, as your name, so is your glory to the end of the wager; your right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Make thee round about Zion, and compass her, and number her towers. Put diligence upon her walls, and exalt her palaces, that they may declare to their descendants that this God is our God for ever and ever, who guides us like the youth.

The 49th Psalm.

A psalm of the children of Korah, to be sung on high.

Listen, all peoples, pay attention, all who live in this time. Both common man and lord, both rich and poor together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and my heart shall speak of understanding. I will incline my ear to the saying, and on the harp will present my riddles. Why should I fear in evil days,

When I am surrounded by the iniquity of my transgressors? Who rely on their goods, and defy their great riches. A brother cannot redeem anyone, nor can God reconcile anyone. For it costs too much to redeem their souls, that they must endure forever, even though they live long and do not see the pit. For it will be seen that such wise men die with one another, as well as fools and fools perish, and must leave their goods to others. What is in their house will last forever, their dwellings will remain forever, and they will be called by their name on earth. But man does not remain in such dignity, but becomes like the cattle, which is silent. This their doing is their foolishness, nor do their descendants praise it with their mouths, Sela. They lie in hell like sheep, death will gnaw them, and the upright will rule over them early, and their shelter will become obsolete; hell is their dwelling place. But God will deliver my soul from the hand of hell if he accepts me, Sela. Marvel not if any man be rich, when the glory of his house shall be great. For he shall take none with him in his death, and his glory shall not follow him. But he praiseth his soul for this life, 1) and if thou doest well, he praiseth thee. That thou mayest succeed his fathers' seed, where no light is ever seen. Man, when he is in dignity, and understandeth not, is like unto cattle, which are silentx ).

The 50th Psalm.

A Psalm Assaph.

The Lord, the mighty God, has spoken and called to the land from the going out of the sun to the going down. Out of Zion appears the perfect beauty of God. Our God will come and not be silent; devouring fire goes before him,

1) The third printing of the year 1524 has here the marginal gloss-. um dies Leben, that is, he thinks of it, that one has enough hie and prange.

x) silent, that is, who are gone, and no longer live.

and around him a great storm. He will call to heaven from above and to earth to judge his people. Gather me my saints, who respect the covenant more than sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge, selah. Hear, my people, let me speak; Israel, let me testify among you: I God, am your God. I will not punish you because of your sacrifice, for your burnt offerings are always before me. I will not take bullocks from thy house, nor goats from thy stalls. For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and cattle upon a thousand mountains. I know all the birds of the mountains, and all the beasts of the field are before me. Where I hungered, I would not tell thee; for the ground is mine, and all that is therein. Do you think I will eat flesh from oxen or drink blood from goats? Offer sacrifices of thanksgiving to God, and pay your vows to the Most High. And call upon me in the time of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt praise me. But to the wicked God says, "Why do you proclaim my judgments and take my covenant into your mouth, when you hate discipline and throw my words behind you? When thou sawest a thief, thou didst lie with him, and thy part was with the adulterers. Thou hast made thy mouth to speak evil, and thy tongue to speak deceit. Thou sittest against thy brother, and sayest thou slanderest thy mother's son. This thou didst, and I held my peace 1) Thou thoughtest that I would be like thee: but I will punish thee, and will put myself before thee. Remember this, you who forget God, that I will not even go away, and there will be no more salvation. He who gives thanks praises me, and there is the way that I may show him the salvation of God.

The 51st Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung on high; when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he was entered into Bathsheba.

God, be gracious to me according to your goodness, and blot out my transgression according to your

I) In the original: schweig.

great mercy. Wash me well from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgression, and my sin is always before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight. Therefore thou shalt be justified in thy words, and found pure when thou art judged. Behold, I am made in iniquity, and my mother conceived me in sins. Behold, thou delightest in truth;y thou hast made me to know wisdom secretly hid. Defilez ) me with hyssop, that I may be clean; wash me, that I may be white as snow. Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me, O God, a clean heart, and renew in me a willing spirit. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the comfort of your salvation, and the free Spirit keep me. 2) I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may turn to you. Save me from the guilt of blood,a ) God, who art the God of my salvation, that my tongue may praise your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare thy glory. For thou hast no pleasure in sacrifice; otherwise I would give it, and burnt offerings are not pleasing to thee. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and bruised heart thou, O God, wilt not despise. Do good to Zion according to your good will; build the walls of Jerusalem. Then thou shalt delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and whole sacrifices; then shall they put bullocks upon thine altar.

y) Honesty, that is, hypocrisy and pretense you do not respect, but reason and righteousness, which is secret and hidden from the world.

z) Unblame, that is, absolve me and absolve me, as was meant in the law of old by blasting with usopes.

2) Verse 13 and 14 are missing in Zeidler and also in Walch.

a) Blood debt, that is, from the debt by which I have earned death.

The 52nd Psalm.

An instruction of David to sing on high; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, saying, David is come in Abimelech's hans.

Why do you boast of wickedness, O mighty one? Is God's goodness here every day? Your tongue seeks mischievousness, and like a sharp shearer's knife you deceive. Thou lovest evil more than good, to speak falsely more than justice, Sela. Thou lovest only that which is for destruction, and false tongues. God will also break you off completely, and crush you, and uproot you from the tabernacle, and your root from the land of the living, Sela. And the righteous shall see it, and be afraid, and they shall laugh. Behold, this man thought not of God for his strength, but relied upon his great riches, and was mighty in his mischievousness. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, relying on his goodness forever and ever. I thank thee for ever, for thou hast done it; and I will wait for thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

The 53rd Psalm.

An instruction of David to sing high in the choir around each other.

The fools say in their hearts, "There is no God; they are corrupt and have become abominable in wickedness; there is no one who does good. God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understandeth to ask after God. But they had all gone astray, and were unfit for one another; there was none that did good, not even one. Do not the evildoers who devour my people realize that only they have food to eat? They do not call upon God. They are afraid where there is no fear; for God scatters the bones of the beaters;b you disgrace them, for God spurns them. Who will give salvation to Israel? When God brings His people out of prison, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.

b) Drivers are those who want to make people devout in their own works by laws and force.

The 54th Psalm.

An instruction of David to sing on high on the strings: when they of Ziph came, and said unto Saul, Is not David hid with us?

Help me, God, in your name, and judge me with your power. God, hear my prayer, listen to the words of my mouth. For strangers set themselves against me, and mighty men after my soul, who have not God before their eyes, Sela. Behold, God is with me, the Lord is with my soul. He will pay the evil of mine enemies, cast them out in thy faithfulness. So will I offer sacrifices freely unto thee, and give thanks unto thy name, O Lord, that it is so good. For thou hast delivered me from all mine adversaries, that mine eye may delight in mine enemies.

The 55th Psalm.

An instruction of David to sing high on stringed instruments.

God, hear my prayer, and do not turn away from my supplication. Take heed to me, and hear me as I howl and lament so miserably. That the enemy crieth, and the wicked presseth: for they will commit an iniquity against me, and are sore grieved against me. My heart is troubled in my flesh, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overtaken me. I said, Oh that I had wings like doves, that I might fly and stay! Behold, I would depart far away, and dwell in the wilderness, Selah. And I would hasten to escape from the fierce wind and weather. O Lord, devour and cut off their tongues: for I see iniquity and strife in the city. It goes round and round within her walls day and night: iniquity and wickedness are within. Wickedness is within, cunning and deceitfulness shall not depart from her street. If my enemy would disgrace me, I would suffer it, and if my hater would rise up against me, I would hide myself from him. But you are my companion, my keeper and my friend, who we

1) Erlanger: their.

were friendly with each other in secret, we walked in the house of God with heaps. Death overtakes them, and they must go to hell alive, for there is wickedness among them in their dwellings. But I will cry out to God, and the Lord will help me. In the evening, in the morning and at noon I will wail and cry, and he will hear my voice. He will deliver my soul in peace from those who want me, for they are against me with many. God will hear and humble them who remain forever, Sela. For they do not change, and do not fear God. For they lay their hands on his seeds of peace, and profane his covenant. Their mouth is smoother than butter, and yet they have war in mind; their words are softer than oil, and yet they are mere swords. Cast thy cause upon the Lord, and he shall provide for thee, and shall not leave the righteous in strife. But, O God, you will push them down into the pit of destruction; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not bring their lives to the halfway mark; but I hope in you.

The 56th Psalm.

A golden jewel of David, from the mute dove among the strangers, when the Philistines seized him for food.)

God, have mercy on me, for men are sinking me; daily they argue and press me. My enemies sink me daily, for many contend against me proudly. When I am afraid, I hope in you. I will praise God's word, in God I will hope, and not fear, what shall flesh do to me? Daily they challenge my words, all their thoughts are to do me harm. They hold to hemp and lie in wait, and take heed to my heels, as they catch my soul. One helps them out for the sake of evil. God, cast such people down angrily. Count my flight, grasp my tears in your hose, and count them. Then my enemies will have to return; when I call upon you, I will realize that you are my God. I will praise the word of God, I will praise the word of the Lord. To God

I hope, and fear not, what will a man do to me? With me, O God, are vows made unto thee, that I may pay thee with thanksgiving. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from slipping, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

The 57th Psalm.

A golden jewel of David, to sing highly (that he would not be destroyed) when he fled from Saul into the cave.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul trusts, and under the shadow of your wings I have refuge, until the mischief passes. I call to God, the Most High, to God, who helped me up again. He sent from Heaven, and helped me from the shame of my sinner, Sela. GOtt sent His goodness and faithfulness. I lie with my soul among the lions, the children of men are flames, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues sharp swords. Exalt thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth. They have set nets for my walk, and pressed down my soul; they have dug a pit before me, and fallen in it themselves, Sela. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready, that I may sing and praise. Awake, my glory,c ) awake, psaltery and harp, early will I make out. O Lord, I will give thee thanks among the nations; I will sing praise unto thee among the people. For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. Exalt thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

The 58th Psalm.

A golden jewel of David, to sing highly of it, that it would not perish.

Will you not speak what is right and judge what is equal, you children of men? But in your heart you deal with injustice, and your hands do iniquity. The wicked alienate themselves from mother-

c) Honor, that is, my psaltery and song, since I honor God with it.

d ) the liars are wrong from their mother's womb. Their raging is like the raging of a snake, like the deaf adder who plugs her ear, so that she does not hear the voice of the sorcerer, the conjurer who can conjure. God, break her teeth in her mouth; break, O Lord, the molars of the young lions. They will perish like water that flows away; they aim their arrows, but they miss. They perish as a snail pines away; like a woman's untimely birth they do not see the sun. Before youe ) your thorns sprout on the briar, wrath will snatch them away while they are still fresh. The righteous will rejoice when he sees such vengeance, and will bathe his walk in the blood of the wicked. fSo that people will say: The righteous will enjoy his yes, because God is still judge on earth.

The 59th Psalm.

A golden jewel of David, that he should not perish, when Saul sent, and kept his house, to slay him.

Save me, my God, from my enemies, and protect me from those who set themselves against me. Deliver me from the wicked, and save me from the bloodthirsty. For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered together against me, though I, O Lord, have neither iniquity nor sin. They run without my fault, and prepare themselves; awake to meet me, and behold. O Lord God of hosts, O Lord Israel, awake to visit all the nations; be merciful to none,g , who do iniquity, selah. In the evening let them return, and murmur like dogs, and go about in the city.

d) From the womb, that is, kind is not good, and does not leave kind.

e) Before one, that is, before they get halfway to where they want, God's wrath will destroy them and help the righteous.

f) Blood, that is, vengeance will be greater than anyone desires, so that where he desires a drop of blood and vengeance, it will be so much that he will want to bathe in it.

g) Be merciful to no one, that is, do not put up with their evil ways and do not help their wickedness to continue.

Behold, they speak with their mouths, swords are in their lips, who shall hear? h) But thou, O Lord, wilt laugh at them, and mock all the nations. From his power I will take heed to you, for God is my protection. God showers me with his goodness, God makes me see my will in my enemies. Do not strangle them, lest my people forget, but drive them out with your power, O Lord my shield, and cast them down. They only teach sin, and hinderi themselves in their hope, and say vain curses and contradictions. Make them all. Rather, make them all angry, so that they are nothing, and realize that God is Lord in Jacob, in all the world, Sela. In the evening let them return, and murmur like dogs, and go about in the city. Let them run to and fro for food, but if they are not satisfied, they will grumble. But I will sing of thy power, and praise thy lovingkindness in the morning: for thou art my refuge and my shelter in the time of my trouble. I will sing praises to you, my refuge; for you, O God, are my protection, and a God of my goodness.

The 60th Psalm.

A precious jewel of David, to sing of the rose 1) of the testimony, when he fought with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and with the Syrians of Zobah, when Joab turned back, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt twelve thousand.

God, who have cast us out and scattered us, and are angry, turn again to us. Thou that hast moved the earth, and rent it asunder, heal the fractures thereof, which is so rent. For thou hast made thy people to see a hard thing; thou hast watered us with bitter wine. Thou hast given a sign to them that fear thee, which they have cast up in truth, Sela. That thy friends may be done, so

h) who will hear it? that is, they do, as if there was no God, who heard it, and do not say nor think, that once people <?) will become. [Compare the marginal gloss in the 8th volume of our edition, Col. 1739, according to which it should be read here: "that (it) once will become loud."]

i) inhibit, that is, they remain on their defiance and pride.

1) Thus the Erlangen. Zeidler and Walch: den Rosen.

help with your right hand, and hear me. God speaketh in his sanctuary; I am glad, and will divide Shechem, and measure the valley of Shuhoth. Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, Ephraim is the power of my head, Judah is my teacher. Moab is my washpot; I will stretch out my shoe over Edom; Philistia will shout for me. Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will guide me as far as Edom? Wilt thou not, O God, who hast cast us off? And will you not go out, O God, from among our armies? Help us in our distress, for the help of men is of no avail. With God we will do deeds; he will subdue our enemies.

The 61st Psalm.

A psalm of David, to be sung on high, on a stringed instrument.

Hear, O God, my lamentation, and heed my prayer. From the ends of the earth I will call to you when my heart is in anguish; you would lead me to a high rock. For thou art my refuge, a strong tower before mine enemies. I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, And trust under thy footsteps, Selah. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given an inheritance unto them that fear thy name. Thou wilt give the king long life, and his years shall be for ever and ever. He will sit before God forever. Goodness and faithfulness prepare to keep him. I will sing praises to your name forever, and I will count my vows daily.

The 62nd Psalm.

A Psalm of David for Jeduthun, to be sung on high.

My soul is silent to God, for from him comes my salvation. For he is my stronghold, my salvation, my refuge; therefore I will abide. How long do ye pursue the man, that ye all slay him, as a hanging wall and a broken fence? But they think to cast out his height, lies please them; they praise with the mouth, but inwardly they curse. But my soul is silent to God, for my hope is in him.

nung is to him. God is my refuge, my salvation, and my slot, I will abide. With God is my salvation, my honor, the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Hope in him always, ye peoples, pour out your heart before him; God is our confidence, selah. But vain are men, false are men; on the scales they are lighter than vanity. Do not rely on injustice and violence, and do not become vain; if riches come to you, do not hang your heart on them. God has spoken once; twice have I heard that with God there is power. And with thee, O Lord, goodness, that thou pay every man according to his due.

The 63rd Psalm.

A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

God, you are my God, early will I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So have I seen thee in the sanctuary, that I beheld thy power and thy glory. For thy lovingkindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee. So will I praise with my life, And lift up my hands in thy name. Let my soul be filled as with lard and fatness, that my mouth may praise with glad lips. When I remembered thee upon my bed, My conversation was of thee in the watch. For thou art my helper, and under the shadow of thy wings will I glory. My soul cleaveth unto thee, thy right hand containeth me. But they stand after my soul, to bring it down; they shall go down under the earth. They shall fall on the sword, and be given to the foxes. But the king rejoiceth in God: he that sweareth by him shall be glorified: for the mouth of them that speak falsities is stopped.

The 64th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

Hear, O God, my voice in my lamentation; guard my life from the fear of the enemy. Hide me from the gathering

The wicked, before the wicked, who sharpen their tongues like a sword, who aim their arrows most bitterly, so that they secretly shoot the pious, suddenly they shoot at him, and are not afraid. They attack a wicked piece, and say how they will lay ropes, and say: Who will see them? They devise mischief, and keep it secretly among themselves in the depth of their hearts. But God shall shoot them with a sudden arrow, that they shall be sore. Their own tongues have they forged, that they mocked him that saw them. And all men were afraid, and declared the deed of God, and perceived that it was his work. The righteous rejoiceth in the Lord, and trusteth in him: and all that are upright in heart do glory.

The 65th Psalm.

A Psalm of David to sing high.

God, they wait and praise you in Zion, and they pay vows to you. Because thou hearest prayer, all flesh cometh before thee. Our iniquity is become too great; our transgression thou wilt forgive. Blessed is he whom thou choosest, and dost admit to dwell in thy courts: he shall be filled with the good things of thy house, of thy holy temple. Thou wilt answer us marvelously with righteousness, O God of our salvation, who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the sea afar off. Thou that preparest the mountains with thy power, and girdest them with might. Who stills the roar of the sea, the roar of its waves, and the raging of the nations. That they that dwell at the ends may fear thy signs. Thou makest glad them that go out, both early and late. Thou dost visit the land, and water it, and make it very rich. The river of God is full of water, and thou preparest the corn thereof; for so thou preparest it. Thou waterest the furrows thereof, and dost overflow the plow thereof; thou makest it soft with shoots, and blessest the growth thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy good, and thy footsteps drip with fatness. The dwellings of the wilderness are dripping, and the hills are merry round about. The pastures are full of sheep, and the meadows stand thick with corn, that they rejoice and sing.

The 66th Psalm.

A Pfalmlied, high to sing.

Rejoice in God, all the earth; sing praises to His name; make His glory glorious. Say to God: How marvelous are your works! Your enemies will fall short before your great power. All the earth shall worship thee, and sing praises unto thee, praise thy name, Sela. Come, and behold the works of God, who is so marvelous in his deeds among the children of men. He turneth the sea into dry land, that we may walk upon the face of the waters: we rejoice in him. He reigns with his power forever; his eyes look upon the nations; the apostates will not be able to exalt themselves, Sela. Praise, O peoples, our God; let the voice of his glory be loud, who keeps our souls alive, and does not let our feet slip. For, God, you have tried us, and refined us as silver is refined. Thou hast brought us into a castle; thou hast laid a burden upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to pass over our heads, we have come into fire and water, but thou hast brought us out into the fullness. Therefore will I enter into thine house with burnt offerings, and pay thee my vows, as I have opened my lips, and my mouth hath spoken in my trouble. I will offer thee burnt offerings of fat, of burnt rams; I will prepare oxen with goats, Selah. Come, listen, all you who fear God; I will tell you what he has done for my soul. To him I cried with my mouth, and [he] is exalted with my tongue. Where I look upon iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. Therefore God heareth me, and hearkeneth unto the voice of my supplications. Praise be to God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his kindness from me.

The 67th Psalm.

A psalm song, to be sung high on stringed instruments.

God, be gracious to us and bless us, let His face shine upon us, Sela. That we on earth may know his way, under

his salvation to all the nations. The peoples thank you, O God, all the peoples thank you. The peoples rejoice and exult that you judge the people rightly, and lead the people on earth, Sela. The peoples thank you, O God, all the peoples thank you. The land gives its crops; bless us, O God, our God. May God bless us, and may the end of the world fear Him.

The 68th Psalm.

A psalm song of David, to be sung on high. j)

Let God arise, that His enemies may be scattered, and they that hate Him may flee from Him. As the smoke is driven out, so drive them out; as the wax melts from the fire, so must the wicked perish before God. But the righteous must rejoice and be glad before God, and have joy in gladness. Sing to God, sing praises to His name, make way for Him who comes gently, He is called the Lord, and rejoice before Him. He is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of widows. He is God in his holy dwelling place. A God who gives the lonely a hans full of children, who leads the captives in the wilderness, but the apostates remain in the drought. God, when you went before your people, when you walked in the wilderness, Sela. Then the earth prayed, and the heavens dripped before such God Sinai, before the God who is Israel's God. God, your inheritance is dry; you would pour out a gracious rain and let it fall. Thy beasts shall dwell therein, O God, thou wilt leave thy substance for the poor. The Lord will give the word with great multitudes of evangelists. The kingsk ) of the hosts shall be friends among themselves, and the ornamentsl ) shall divide the spoil. When you lie between the borders, the fittest of the doves will be silvered, and their wings will be golden. When the Almighty shall have kings over them-

j) This psalm speaks entirely of Christ, so it is important to pay attention to it, because it contains strange speech and words according to the letter.

k) Kings are the apostles who teach with one accord.

l) Hauszierde in Hebrew means a housewife, and here speaks of the church and bride of Christ.

it will be snow-white even in the darkness. The mountain of God is a fat mountain, an ironed mountain, a fat mountain. Why do you hopped mountains? God desires to dwell on this mountain, and the Lord abides there forever. The chariot of God is many thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them in holy Sinai. Thou hast ascended on high, and hast caught the prison; thou hast received gifts for men, even for the apostates, that God the Lord might dwell there. [Praise be to the Lord every day, the God of our salvation will be well with us,m ) Sela. The GOtt is to us a GOtt of salvation and a HErr to escape death. But GOtt will bruise the head of his enemies with the skull of their hair,n ) who walks in his iniquity. The Lord hath said, I will bring again out of the fatnesses, out of the depths of the sea will I bring again. That thy foot may be dyed in the blood of the enemy, and that thy dogs may lick it. One has seen, God, your walks, the walks of my God and King in the sanctuary. The singers go before, then the minstrels, among the maidens who are cramming. Praise God the Lord in the assemblies around the fountain of Israel. There reign ye little Benjamin, the princes of Judah with their multitude, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. Thy God hath commanded thee strength; strengthen, O God, that thou hast done unto us. For the sake of your temple in Jerusalem, the kings will bring you gifts. Rebuke the beasto ) in the reed, the herd of oxen among the people, which are their calves, which have pleasure in money. He has scattered the nations that delight in war. The cowardly shall come out of Egypt; Moorland shall stretch forth her hands unto God. You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, sing praises to the Lord, Sela. To him who leads in heaven from the beginning; behold, he will give power to his thunder. Pray to God for strength,

m) well laden, Matth. 11, 29,: My yoke is sweet etc.

n) Hairhead, the kingdom and priesthood of the Jews, because they remain in unbelief.

o) Thier, false teachers with their pile.

His glory 1) is over Israel, and his power in the clouds. God is wondrous in his sanctuary, he is God to Israel, he will give strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

The 69th Psalm.

A psalm of David, from the roses, to sing high.

God, help me, for the waters have come up to the soul. I am sunk in the deep mud, for there is no bottom; I have come into deep waters, and the flood has drowned me. I have grown weary with cries, my throat is hot, my eyes are all murder with waiting for my God. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. They that are unjustly hostile to me, and destroy me, are become mighty; I must pay that which I have not stolen. God, you know my foolishness, and my debts are not hidden from you. Let not them that wait for thee be ashamed of me. O Lord of hosts, let not them that seek thee, O God of Israel, be ashamed in me. 2) For for thy sake bear my iniquity. For your sake I bear shame, shame covers my face. I am become a stranger to my brothers, and unknown to my mother's children. For zeal for thy house devoureth me, and the reproach of them that reproach thee is fallen upon me. And I wept as my soul fasted, and that became a mockery unto me. I put on sackcloth for a garment, and became their proverb. Those who sat in the gate spoke against me, and it was a song to the drunkards. But I pray unto thee, O Lord, in due season: O God, in thy great goodness, hear me according to thy faithful help. Deliver me from the mire, that I sink not; that I be delivered from my haters, and from thy deep waters. Lest the flood of waters drown me, and the deep swallow me up, and the hole of the pit close upon me. Hear me, O Lord, for thy lovingkindness is good: turn thee unto me according to thy greatness.

1) Zeidler and Walch: Holiness.

2) "to me" is missing in the Erlanger.

Have mercy, and do not hide your face from me, your servant, for I am afraid; hear me in haste. Make thee my soul, and deliver it; 3) Deliver me for mine enemies' sake. Thou knowest my reproach, shame, and disgrace; my adversaries are all before thee. The shame breaketh my heart, and I am grieved: I waited to see if any would mourn, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. And they gave me gall to eat, and watered me with vinegar, because I thirsted. Let their table become a snare before them, a retribution and a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and let their loins be ever shaken. Pour upon them your disgrace, and your fierce anger seize them. Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tabernacles. For they persecute whom thou hast smitten, and have made more over thy wounds of hurt. Let one iniquity overtake another, that they come not to thy righteousness. Blot them out of the book of the living, that they be not written with the 4) righteous. But I am wretched, and woe is me: let thy salvation, O God, protect me. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will highly honor him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than a farrow that has horns and claws. The wretched see and rejoice, and those who seek God, their hearts will live. For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. Let the heavens, the earth, and the sea, and all that moveth therein, praise him. For God will help Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there, and possess them. And the seed of his servants shall inherit them, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

The 70th Psalm.

A Psalm of David high to sing, to remember.

Make haste, God, to save me, Lord, to help me. It must come to shame,

3) "Redeem them" is missing in Zeidler and Walch.

4) Erlanger: dem.

Those who are after my soul must return and be heard who wish me harm. That they may be put to shame by one course, who say of me: There, there. They must rejoice and be glad in you, who ask for you, and always say: Praise God, who love your salvation. But I am wretched and poor, O God, make haste to me, for you are my help and my savior; O Lord, do not consume me.

The 71st Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

O Lord, I trust in thee; let me never again be put to shame. Save me through your righteousness, and help me out; incline your ears to me and help me. Be to me a strong refuge, whither I always flee; thou wilt give me help, for thou art my rock and my fortress. My God, save me from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unjust and cruel. For thou art my confidence, O Lord, my hope from my youth. In thee am I contained from my mother's womb; thou hast drawn me out of my mother's womb; my glory is ever from thee. I am as a wonder before many, but thou art my strong assurance. Let my mouth be full of thy glory, and of thy praise daily. Cast me not away in the time of my old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. For mine enemies say of me, And they that hold upon my soul consult with one another, And say: God has forsaken him, pursue and seize him, for there is no savior. God, do not be far from me; my God, hasten to help me. All those who are against my soul must be ashamed; those who seek my misfortune must be covered with shame and scorn. But I will always wait, and will always make more of thy glory. My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, daily thy salvation, which I cannot number. I will go in to tell of the power of the Lord, I will think of thy righteousness alone. God, you have saved me from ju-

1) Erlanger: Shame.

I have been taught from childhood onward, and I still proclaim your wonders. Nor forsake me, O God, in my old age, when I am gray, till I declare thy arm to the children of children, and thy power to all that are to come. God, your righteousness is great, you who do great things; God, who is like you? Who let me see much and great anguish, and made me alive again, and brought me up out of the depth of the earth. You make me very great, and comfort me again. So I also give thanks to your faithfulness with psaltery, O my God; I sing praises to you on the harp, O Holy One of Israel. My lips are glad that I sing praise unto thee, and my soul that thou hast redeemed. My tongue also daily doth sing of thy righteousness; That they that seek my evil may be ashamed and put to shame.

The 72nd Psalm.

Of Solomon.

God, give your judgment to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son. That he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy wretched with judgment. Let the mountains exalt peace among the people, and the hills righteousness. He shall judge the wretched people, and help the poor, and smite the reproachful. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure from child to child's child. He shall descend as the rain upon the hide, as the drops that wet the land. In his days shall the righteous arise, and great peace, till the moon be no more. He shall reign from sea to sea, and from the waters to the ends of the earth. Those in the deserts will kneel before him, and his enemies will lick the dust. The kings of the sea and of the islands will bring gifts, the kings of Arabia and Seba will bring gifts. All kings will worship him, all pagans will serve him. For he will save the poor from crying, and the wretched who has no helper. He will spare the lowly and the poor, and the souls of the poor he will help. He will save their soul from the deceit

And their blood shall be esteemed in his sight. He shall live, and they shall give him of the gold of Neicharabia, and they shall pray before him for ever, praising him daily. There shall be on the earth a sweet corn on the top of the mountains, its fruit shall quakep like Lebanon, and it shall grow green in the cities, like grass on the earth. His name will remain forever, under the sun his name will reach to the descendants,q ) and will be blessed by him; all the nations will praise him blessedly. Praise be to God, the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone performs miracles. And blessed be the name of his glory, and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. Amen, amen. The prayers of David the son of Jesse have come to an end.

The 73rd Psalm.

A Psalm Assaph.

God is so good to Israel who are pure in heart. But I would have stumbled with my feet, my footsteps would have slipped much nearer. For I was displeased with the foolish, when I saw that the wicked fared so well. For they are not encompassed with death, and stand firm as a palace. They are not in misfortune, like other people, and are not afflicted with other people. Therefore, their hope must be honest, and their iniquity must be acceptable to them. They want to be seenr , because they are so fat, they do what they think. They destroy everything, and speak evil of it, and speak with violence.

p) quake, that is, the mountain Lebanon stands thick with trees and quakes when the wind blows. The gospel will also stand thick and quake in the cities; that is, the gospel and the Christians will grow abundantly and increase.

q) reach, that is, one will always preach his name for and for; although the old die, so do the descendants.

r) They want; this verse reads in Hebrew: Their eye goes out with fatness, and they go over the thoughts of the heart. But this is spoken darkly, and thus means: They are fat, that is, rich, powerful, in honor; therefore they boast, and want to be in front and on top, and to be seen before all. What they do must be right and fine; what they say is delicious, so that their splendor and courtliness are considered an honor and adornment. But what others speak and do must stink and be nothing; their tongue rules in heaven and earth.

high up. They set their mouths in heaven, and their tongues run in the land. Therefore their people return there, and find abundance of water with them. And they say: How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, who are blessed in the world, and possess riches. Shall I then have purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence? And have been afflicted daily, and my punishment was early. If I thought to say so, behold, I rejected the generation of thy children. I thought to hear such things, but it was a trouble unto me, until I entered into the sanctuaries of God, and perceived their end. But you put their thing in the unknown, and fall them to the ground. How soon they become so desolate! They perish, and come to an end with terror. As a dream when one awaketh, so shalt thou, O Lord, make their images despised in the city. For my heart is pierced, and my kidneys are pricked. But I am a fool that knoweth nothing; a beast am I with thee. And I am always with thee; thou takest me by my right hand. Thou leadest me according to thy counsel, and receivest me with honor. Whom have I in heaven? and on earth nothing pleaseth me, when I am with thee. My flesh and my heart are faint; God is my heart's refuge and my portion forever. For behold, they that depart from thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that fornicate against thee. But it is good for me to cleave unto God, and to put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

The 74th Psalm.

A briefing Assaph.

O God, why hast thou so utterly cast us off, and thy wrath smote upon the sheep of thy pasture? Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to the rod of thine inheritance, to mount Zion, where thou dwellest. Tread

s) Image, that is, their temporal being, which is only an appearance and image.

They shall trample them underfoot, and even thrust them to the ground; the enemy hath spoiled all in the sanctuary. Thy foes roar in the midst of thy strongholds, and set up their signs for tokens. You see the axes looking up, as they cut into the forest; and they cut down his table-work with axe and baleen. They cast thy sanctuary into the fire; they profane the habitation of thy name to the ground. They say in their heart, Let us spoil them with one another; they burn all the cities of God in the land. Our signs we see not, and there is no more prophet, and there is no more discerner among us. How long, O God, shall the wicked revile? and the enemy blaspheme thy name? Why turnest thou away thy hand, and thy right hand from thy bosomt so even? But God, my King of old, helps in the midst of the land. Thou hast rent the sea with thy strength, and broken the heads of the dragons upon the face of the waters. Thou breakest the heads of Leviathan, and givest him for meat to the people of the wilderness. Thou dost divide fountains and streams; thou dost cause strong rivers to dry up. Day and night is thine, thou preparest light and sun. You set boundaries for all lands; you make summer and winter. Remember, then, that the enemy reviles God, and a foolish people blasphemes your name. Thou wilt not give to the beast the soul of thy turtledoves, nor forget the beast of thy wretched. Call on the covenant, for there are houses of iniquity in the dark places of the land. Let not the lowly go away with scorn, for the poor and miserable praise thy name. Arise, O God, and plead thy cause; remember thy daily reproach from fools. Forget not the voice of thy vile ones; the tumult of thy vile ones always increases.

The 75th Psalm.

A psalm and song Assaph, so that he would not be corrupted, to sing high.

We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks, and that your name is near is proclaimed

(t) The bosom, that is, of the temple wherein thou sittest as in the bosom.

your miracles. For I will take appointed time, and judge aright. The land is softened, and all that dwell therein; I have prepared the pillars thereof, Selah. I said to the foolish: Be not so foolish; and to the wicked, Put not horns upon your heads. Lift not up your horn, speak not stiff-necked. For exaltation comes neither from going out, nor from going down, nor from the wilderness. But God is judge, who lowers and raises up. For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and strong wine, poured out full, and pouru out of the same; but the yeast thereof shall suck and drink all the wicked of the earth. But I will proclaim for ever, and sing praise unto the God of Jacob. And I will break all the horns of the wicked, that the horns of the righteous may be lifted up.

The 76th Psalm.

A psalm song Assaph, to sing on strings high.

God is known in Judah, in Israel his name is glorious. In Salem is his tent, and his dwelling place in Zion. There he breaketh the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle, Selah. You are more glorious and magnificent than the mountains of robbery. v) The splendid ones are robbed, and sleep their sleep, and all the strong men are not able with their hands. From thy rebuke, O God, Jacob, both horse and chariot shall fall asleep. Thou art terrible; who can stand before thee when thou art angry? Thou hast let judgment be heard from heaven: the earth was afraid, and was still, when God arose to judgment, to save all the wretched of the earth, Selah. For that thou art angry in a human way, thou shalt be thanked; but the rest of the wrath shalt thou gird about thee. w) If ye vow, keep it unto the

u) pours, that is, he apportions to each his measure that he suffers. But the basic soup remains for the wicked.

v) Mountains of robbery, which are the great kingdoms and principalities, as Assyria, Babylon and Egypt, which brought the lands under themselves with strife, and thus robbed them to themselves.

w) girding, that is, temporal wrath and punishment go upon the saints, but eternal wrath afterward upon the wicked. Therefore God girds the same around Himself and does not let go.

Lord your God, all you who are around him; bring gifts to the Wonderful One. He that taketh away the courage of princes, and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

The 77th Psalm.

A Psalm Assaph, for Jeduthun to sing high.

With my voice to God, yes, with my voice to God, I will cry out, and he will hear me. In the day of my distress I seek the Lord; my hand is stretched out at night and does not cease; for my soul would not be comforted. When I remembered God, I was overwhelmed; I spoke and my spirit fainted, Sela. Thou hast kept mine eyes to watch; I am trodden down that I speak not. I have thought of the time before old age, of the years before. I think at night of my strings, and speak with my heart; my spirit must search. Will the Lord cast me off forever, and have no more pleasure? Is it then completely over with his goodness? And is there an end to the word forever and ever? Has God forgotten mercy and closed His mercy in anger? Sela. But I said, This is my weakness, these are changes of the right hand of the Most High. Therefore will I remember the works of the Lord; Yea, when I remember thy wondrous works of old. And I will speak of all thy works, and say of thy doings. God, your way is in holiness, who is so great and strong as God? You are the God who performs miracles; you have made your power known among the nations. You redeemed your people by your arm, the children of Jacob and Joseph, Sela. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid, and the deeps were troubled. The thick clouds poured water, the clouds thundered, and your arrowsx ) drove. The voice of thy thunder is round about,y ) thy lightnings shine upon the ground, the earth stirreth and prayeth thereof. Your way is

x) Arrows, the lightning.

y) Round, that is, in the sky.

in the sea, and your path in great waters, yet your foot was not felt. You led your people like a flock of sheep, through Moses and Aaron.

The 78th Psalm.

A briefing Assaph.

Hear, my people, my law, incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in proverbs, and speak old things, which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have told us, that they be not hid from their children, which came after, and declared the glory of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he hath done. He established a testimony in Jacob, and gave a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make known unto their children, that the seed might know, and the children which should be born when they should arise, that they should make it known also unto their children, That they should put their hope in God, and not forget the deeds of the Lord, and keep his commandments, and not become, as their fathers were, an apostate and disobedient generation, which judged not their hearts, and whose spirits were not righteous in God; as the children of Ephraim, having the bow in armor, turned back at the time of the controversy. [They did not keep God's covenant and would not walk in His law. And they forgot his deeds, and his wonders, which he had made them see. In the sight of their fathers he wrought wonders in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea, and made them pass through it, and set up the waters as a wall. He led them by a cloud by day and by a bright fire by night. He cleft the rocks in the desert, and watered them with great waters. And he made rivers to flow out of the rocks, and they went down like rivers of water. Still they continued to sin against Him, and disobeyed the Most High in the wilderness, and tempted God in their hearts, demanding food for their souls, and spoke against God, saying: Yes, God should be able to prepare a table in the wilderness! Behold, he hath the rock

that waters flow, and rivers pour out; but when can he give bread, and prepare meat for his people? When the Lord heard this, he was inflamed, and fire came up in Jacob, and wrath came upon Israel because they did not believe in God and did not hope for his salvation. And he commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven, and rained upon them to eat, and gave them corn of heaven. Everyone ate angel's bread; he sent them food in abundance. He made the east wind to blow under heaven, and by his strength brought the south wind. And rained flesh upon them like dust, and feathery fowl like the sand of the sea. And he caused them to fall under their bed on every side where they dwelt. Then they ate, and were filled to overflowing; he made them atone for their lust. When they had atoned for their lust and were still eating it, the wrath of God came upon them, slaying the best of them and humiliating the defilers of Israel. But over all this they sinned still more, and believed not in his miracles. Therefore their days were all consumed with vanity, and their years were soon gone. When he slew them, they sought him, and taught themselves early unto God, and thought that God was their refuge, and God the Most High was their Redeemer, and pretended unto him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue. But their heart was not right with him, and they were not righteous in his covenant. But he was merciful, and gladly forgave iniquity, and did not corrupt them, and often turned away his wrath, and did not let all his anger go. For he remembered that they are flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. How were they so long 1) disobedient in the wilderness, and made him displeased in the desert. They turned and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One in Israel. They did not remember his hand of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy. As he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the land of Zoan, when he turned their waters into blood, that they might drink their rivers.

1) "long" is missing in Zeidler and Walch.

They could not drink, because he sent evil worms among them to eat them, and frogs to destroy them. He gave their crops to caterpillars, and what they had worked to locusts. And he smote their vines with hail, and their mulberry trees with frost. He gave their cattle to hail, and their flocks to lightning. And he sent among them the fury of his wrath, and displeasure, and woe, and fear, and the invasion of evil angels. He made a way for his wrath, and spared not their souls from death, and delivered up their beasts to pestilence. When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstlings of their strength in the tents of Ham. And he sent forth his people like sheep, and led them as an herd in the wilderness. And he led them safely, that they feared not: but their enemies covered the sea. And brought them into his holy border, unto that mountain which his right hand hath purchased. And he drove out the nations before them, and divided unto them the inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in those tents. But they tempted, and disobeyed God, and kept not his testimonies. And fell back, and transgressed, as their fathers did, and turned aside, as a false bow. z) And they angered him with their high places, and provoked him with their idols. And when God heard it, he was enraged, and greatly despised Israel, that he removed his tabernacle from Shiloh, the tabernacle where he dwelt among men. And delivered their strength into prison, and their glory into the hand of the enemy; and delivered his people to the sword, and burned against his inheritance. Her young men were devoured by fire, and her virgins were not mourned. Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows were not mourned. And the Lord awoke as one sleeping, as one strong, exulting from wine. And smote his enemies in the rear, and gave them an everlasting reproach. And despised the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion, which he

z) False bow; that is, as a bow draws and does not shoot, so the hypocrites stand silent, and there is nothing behind it, and nothing presses.

loved. He built his sanctuary on high, like a land that he had established forever. And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. From the lactating sheep he took him to feed his people Jacob, and his inheritance Israel. And he also fed them heartily, and led them with the understanding of his hands. a)

The 79th Psalm.

A Psalm Assaph.

O Lord, the heathen have fallen into thine inheritance, and have polluted thy holy temple, and have made Jerusalem a heap of stones. They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds of the air to eat, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. They have shed blood around Jerusalem like water, and there was no one to bury it. We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a scorn to those around us. O Lord, how long wilt thou be angry, and let thy zeal burn like fire? Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name. For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his houses waste. Remember not our former iniquity; let thy mercy soon be greater upon us, for we have become almost thin. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; save us, and forgive us our sin, for thy name's sake. Why should the Gentiles say, "Where is their God? Let the vengeance of the blood of thy servants, which is shed, be made known among the nations before our eyes. Let the groaning of the captives come before thee; according to thy great arm let the children of death be left. And repay our neighbors sevenfold in their bosom their reproach, because they have reproached thee, O Lord. But we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, give thee thanks for ever, and proclaim thy praise for ever.

a) [With mind of his hands that is, wisely.

The 80th Psalm.

A Psalm and Testimony Assaph of the Roses, to Sing High.

O shepherd of Israel, hear, you who shepherd Joseph like sheep; appear, you who sit over cherubim. Awaken your power, who are before Ephraim,b , Ben-Jamin and Manasseh, and come to our aid. God, bring us again, and let your face shine, and we shall be healed. O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy people? Thou dost etch them with tears of bread, and drench them with a great measure of tears. Thou hast set us at variance with our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. God of hosts, bring us again, let thy face shine, and we shall recover. Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt, and didst drive out the heathen, and plantedst the same. Thou didst make the way before it, and didst root it, that it filled the land. Mountains are covered with his shadow, and with his branches the cedars of God. He hath let out his plant unto the sea, and his branches unto the waters. Why then hast thou broken down his fence, that all that pass by may break it in pieces? The wild swine have rooted it up, and the cattle of the field have gnawed it down. Turn, O God of hosts, and look from heaven, and behold, seek out this vine, and replant it, which thy right hand hath planted, and over the sonc whom thou hast strengthened. That which is burned with fire, and cut off, let it perish from the rebuke of thy countenance. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the children of men, whom thou hast strengthened unto thee. So we will not depart from thee; let us live, we cry.

b) Ephraim, that is, on the mercy seat behind which these tribes of Israel lay. Num. 2, 17. f.

c) Son, the vine he calls son, in Hebrew way, like Is. 5, 1.: "The vineyard [Erl. vine/is in the horn of the son of Oeles", that is, in a place that is fat there; and Ps. 4, 3.: k'üii viri, you children of the man, that is, you men. So: Bllii Belial, ülins anni, ülius mortts, and the like; so here also: Bilinm, HUtzin kormasti tlbi, i. 6. Sam, yuana kornaasti, sa. vitena.

your name. Lord God of hosts, bring us back, let your face shine, and we will be healed.

The 81st Psalm.

Above the winepress, singing high. Assaph.

Sing joyfully to God, who is our strength; rejoice to the God of Jacob. Take the psalms, and give the kettledrums, sweet harps with psalteries. Blow the trumpets in the new moon, in our feast of tabernacles. For this is the custom of Israel, and the right of the God of Jacob. This is the testimony he gave to Joseph when he went out into Egypt: I heard lips that I did not understand. He turned his shoulder from the burden, he let his hand go from the kettle. When thou didst call upon me in distress, I helped thee out, and heard thee when the weather overtook thee, and tried thee at the water of the Hader, Sela. Hear, my people, I will testify to you; Israel, you shall hear me. That there be no strange god among thee, and that thou worship no unknown god. I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people will not hearken unto my voice, neither will Israel hearken unto mine. So I have left them in the stupor of their hearts, to walk after their counsel. If my people would obey me, 1) and Israel walk in my ways, I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand upon their adversaries; and they that hate the Lord should lack him, and their days should endure for ever, and feed them with the best of wheat, and satisfy them with honey out of the rock.

The 82nd Psalm.

A Psalm Assaph.

God stands in the community of God, and is judge among the gods. How long will you judge unjustly and take the person of the wicked? Sela. Judge the poor and the fatherless, and help the wretched and the needy to justice. Save the lowly and the poor, and redeem him.

1) Erlanger: Making obedience.

of the wicked hand. But they know it not, and perceive it not; they walk in darkness, that the foundations of the land shall fall down. I say that you are gods, and children of the Most High. But you will also die like men, and fall like one among princes. God, rise up and judge the land, for you inherit among all the nations.

The 83rd Psalm.

A Psalm Song Assaph.

God, do not be silent, and do not be still; God, do not pause. For behold, thine enemies rage, and they that hate thee lift up the head. They plot cunningly against thy people, and counsel against thy hidden ones. 2) They say: Come, and let us destroy them, that they be not a nation, that the name of Israel be no more remembered. For they have taken counsel in their hearts, and have made a covenant with one another against thee. The tents of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites, and the Moabites, and the Hagarites, and the Gebalites, and the Ammonites, and the Amalekites, and the Philistines, with them that are at Tyro. Assyria also joined them, and became an arm of the children of Lot, Selah. Do unto them as unto the Midianites, as unto Sisserah, as unto Jabin by the brook Kison, which were destroyed at Endor, and became filth in the land. Make their princes like Oreb and Zeeb, like Zebah and Zalmunah all their rulers, who say, We will take the houses of God. God, make them like a whirlpool, like a stubble before the wind. Like a fire that kindles the forest, and like a flame that kindles the mountains: so pursue them with thy weather, and terrify them with thy tempest. Make their faces full of shame, that they may ask thy name. They shall be ashamed, and shall be more and more afraid, and shall be ashamed, and shall perish. Then they will know that it is you, and your name is the Lord, that you alone are the most high in all the earth.

2) Here the third printing of the year 1524 has the marginal gloss: Hidden; these are those who live hidden in the faith of the world, so that they are thought to be heretics.

The 84th Psalm.

A psalm of the children of Korah, to sing high above the winepress.

How lovely are your dwellings, O Lord of hosts. My soul desireth, and is all turned unto the courts of the Lord: my heart and my body rejoice in the living God. For the bird has found a hen, and the swallow her nest, where she lays her young, even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, who praise you forever, Sela. Blessed are they whose strength is in thee, Whose paths are in their heart. Who pass through the valley of tears, And make it a fountain, And pools are filled with rain. They go from strength to strength, and appear before God in Zion. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; hear it, O God Jacob, selah. Sheol, God, our shield; behold the face of our anointed. For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand: I will rather keep the door of my God's house, than dwell long in the wicked tabernacles. For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord giveth grace and glory. No good thing will be lacking to those who live without change. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

The 85th Psalm.

A psalm of the children Korah, high zn sing.

O Lord, thou art well pleased with thy land, and bringest again the captives of Jacob. Thou takest away the iniquity of thy people, and coverest all their sin, Selah. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath, and hast turned from the fury of thine anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, and turn from thy wrath upon us. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever, and withhold thy wrath for ever? Thou must refresh us, and give us life, and thy people shall rejoice in thee. Lord, show us your goodness and give us your salvation. I will listen to what God the Lord says, for he will

Speak peace unto his people, and unto his saints, that they turn not unto folly. So his salvation will be near to those who fear him, that honor may dwell in our land. Goodness and faithfulness meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness grows out of the land, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord also shall give good, and our land shall give his increase. Righteousness shall walk before him, and set his tread in the way.

The 86th Psalm.

Eili Prayer Davids.

Lord, incline your ears and hear me, for I am wretched and poor. Preserve my soul, for I am holy; help, O my God, your servant who relies on you. O Lord, have mercy on me, for I cry out to you daily. Comfort the soul of thy servant, for, O Lord, unto thee do I lift up my soul. For thou, O Lord, art good and gracious, of great kindness, to all who call upon thee. Hear, O Lord, my prayer, and heed the voice of my supplication. In time of trouble I call upon thee, for thou hearest me. Lord, there is none like thee among the gods, neither is there any that can do like thee. All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord, and honor your name, because you are great and do wonders and are God alone. Tell me, O Lord, thy way, that I may walk in thy truth, and that my heart may rejoice in the fear of thy name. I thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and praise thy name for ever. For your goodness is great over me, and you have saved my soul from the lowest hell. God, the proud are set against me, and the company of the mighty are after my soul, and set not thee before their eyes. But you, O Lord God, are merciful and gracious, longsuffering and of great kindness and faithfulness. Turn to me, be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and help the son of your maidservant. Give me a sign for my good, so that those who hate me and are ashamed may see that you have helped me, O Lord, and comforted me.

The 87th Psalm.

A psalm song of the children of Korah.

Their foundations are on the holy mountains. The Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken in thee, O city of God, Selah. I will remember Nahab and Babylon, that they may know me: behold, the Philistines and the Tyrians with the Moors are born there. It shall be added of Zion, that this man and that man shall be born therein, and he, the Most High, shall have prepared them. The Lord will proclaim in the tongues of the nations that some are born there, Sela. And the singers, as in the round dance, shall all sing in thee one by one.

The 88th Psalm.

A psalm song of the children of Korah, to sing high in chorus around each other. An instruction of Heman, the Esrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you day and night. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ears to my lament. For my soul is full of sorrow, and my life is near hell. I am like those who go to hell; I am like a man without help. I lie free among the dead,d like the slain who lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more, and they are separated from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness and in the deep. Thy wrath endureth upon me, and thou thrustest me with all thy floods, Sela. Thou hast put my friends far from me, thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I lie captive, and cannot escape. My eye is saddened with misery, O Lord; I call upon thee daily; I stretch forth my hands unto thee. Will you perform miracles among the dead, or will the dead rise and thank you? Sela. Will they tell of your goodness in the tombs, and of your faith in the midst of destruction? May your miracles be known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of the dead?

d) free, that is, that no one assumes nor adheres to.

remember nothing? But I cry unto thee, O Lord, and my prayer is early before thee. Why hast thou, O Lord, cast off my soul, and hardened thy face before me? I am wretched and faint that I am so rejected; I am terrified. Thy wrath is upon me; thy terror oppresseth me. They surround me daily, like water, and surround me with one another. Thou hast put my friends and lovers far from me, and turned away my kinsmen.

The 89th Psalm.

A teaching of Ethan the Esrahite.

I will sing of the goodness of the Lord for ever, and declare his faith with my mouth for ever, saying, Goodness is established for ever; and thou shalt prepare thy faith in heaven. I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: I will prepare thy seed for ever, and build thy throne for ever, selah. And the heavens, O Lord, shall praise thy wonders, and thy faith in the congregation of the saints. For who shall be like unto the Lord in the clouds, and be like unto the Lord among the children of the gods? God is almost terrifying in the council of the saints, and marvelous above all who are around him. O Lord God of hosts, who is like you, a mighty God? and your faith is around you. You rule over the hopes of the sea; you still its waves when they rise. You smite the hopeful as one slain; you scatter your enemies with your strong arm. The heavens and the earth are thine; thou hast founded the ground and all that is within it. Midnight and noonday thou hast created; Thabor and Hermon shall shout in thy name. Thou hast a mighty arm, strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of thy throne; goodness and faithfulness are before thy face. Blessed are the people who rejoice! O Lord, they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. They shall rejoice in thy name, and through thy

Righteousness shall be exalted. For to thee is the glory of their strength, and by thy favor thou shalt exalt our horn. For the Lord is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel our king. At that time thou spakest in vision unto thy Holy One, saying: I have raised up a mighty man, I have exalted a chosen one from among your people. I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my holy oil. My hand shall prosper him, and my arm shall strengthen him. The enemies shall not set him up, neither shall the unrighteous dampen him. And I will smite his adversaries before him, and them that hate him will I afflict. But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him, and his horn shall be exalted in my name. I will put his hand into the sea, and his right hand into the waters. He shall cry out to me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the refuge of my salvation. And I will make him the first son, supreme among the kings of the earth. I will keep my kindness to him forever, and my covenant shall be steadfast to him. I will make his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my statutes; if they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments; I will punish their transgression with the rod, and with plagues their iniquity. But I will not turn away my goodness from him, neither will I fail in my faith. I will not profane my covenant, nor change that which is gone out from my lips. I have sworn once by my holiness, I will not lie to David. His seed shall be for ever, and his throne before me, as the sun. Like the moon shall he be prepared for ever, And a certain witness in the heavens. But thou despisest and despisest, and art wroth with thine anointed; thou destroyest the covenant of thy servant, and desecratest on earth his crown. Thou hast broken down all his walls, and caused his strongholds to be broken down. All who pass by rob him; he has become a mockery to his neighbors. Thou dost exalt the rights of his enemies, and

You have made all his enemies happy. Thou hast also taken away the power of his sword, and makest him not constant in strife. Thou destroyest his purity,e ) and castest his throne to the ground. Thou shortenest the time of his youth, and coverest him with scorn. O Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, and let thy wrath burn like fire? Remember how short is my life; why wilt thou have created all men in vain? Where is there any that liveth, and seeth not death? that delivereth his soul out of the hand of hell? Sela. O Lord, where is thy former kindness, which thou swarest unto David in thy faith? Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom of so many nations, that thine enemies, O Lord, should reproach thee, that they should reproach the footsteps of thine anointed. 1) Praise be to the Lord forever, Amen, Amen.

The 90th Psalm.

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

O Lord, you have become our refuge forever and ever. Before the mountains were born, and the land and the ground were prepared, you are God from everlasting to everlasting. Thou that turnest men to destruction,f and sayest, Come again, ye children of men. For a thousand years are before thee, as the day that passed yesterday, and as a night watch. Thou takest them away, and they are as a sleep; and they are turned early, as hay, which flourisheth early, and is turned, but in the evening is cut down, and withereth. For we perish in thine anger, and are afraid of thy wrath. Thou settest our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thine anger; we have spent our years as a tale. The time of our years is seventy years, when it is high,

e) Purity, that is, all its ornament and adornment.

1) Lct. 1540: and tread with feet your anointed one. (Walch.)

f) Destruction; that is, the human race you create so that some always die and others are born again; and all this by your word, Genesis 1.

Eighty years, and after that it is toil and trouble: for it passeth quickly, and we fly away. Who knows the power of your anger? For as much as they fear thee, so much thou art angry. Let us know the number of our days, that we may enter with a wise heart. O Lord, return again from time to time, and comfort thy servants. Fill us early with thy lovingkindness, and we shall glory and be glad all our days. Make us glad after the time in which thou hast humbled us, after the years in which we have seen misfortune. Show thy servants thy work, and thy adornment upon their children. And let the Lord our God be gracious upon us, and promote the work of our hands upon us, and promote the work of our hands.

The 91st Psalm.

He that sitteth under the shelter of the Most High, and abideth under the shadow of the Almighty, saith unto the Lord, My trust and my fortress, my God, in whom I hope. For he shall deliver me from the snare of the fowler, and from the pestilence of craftiness. He shall cover thee with his wings, and thy confidence shall be under his wings; his faithfulness shall be thy shield and buckler, that thou fear not the terror of the night, the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the pestilence that wasteth at noonday. Though a thousand fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, it shall not come nigh thee. But thou shalt see thy pleasure with thine eyes, and shalt see the vengeance of the wicked. For, O Lord, thou art my refuge; thou hast set thy refuge in the highest. No evil shall befall thee, and no plague shall approach thy tabernacle. For he hath commanded his angels concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, to bear thee up in their hands, that thou dash not thy foot against any stone. Thou shalt walk upon the lion and the adder, and tread upon the young lion and the dragon. For he has desired me, I will help him out, I will protect him, for he knows my name. He calls me, so I will

I will hear him, I will be with him in trouble, I will snatch him out and make him honorable. I will satisfy him with long life and show him my salvation.

The 92nd Psalm.

A psalm song on the Sabbath day.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High. To proclaim your goodness early, and your faith at night. On the ten strings and psaltery, with poem on the harp. For, O Lord, thou makest me glad in thy works, and I glory in the work of thy hands. O Lord, how are thy works so great, thy thoughts so very deep. A foolish man knoweth not these things, and a fool understandeth not these things. The wicked flourish like grass, and all evildoers flourish, that they may be destroyed for ever and ever. But you, O Lord, are high 1) forever. For behold, thine enemies, O Lord, behold, thine enemies shall perish, and all evildoers shall be scattered. But my horn shall be exalted like a unicorn's, and I shall be watered with fresh oil. And mine eye shall see his delight in mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his delight in the wicked that set themselves against me. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree; he shall increase like a cedar in Lebanon. They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. And shall flourish even in old age, and be fat and fresh, to declare that the Lord is upright, my refuge, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The 93rd Psalm.

The Lord has become king, and has put on power; the Lord has put on himself, and has girded himself with strength; he has prepared the ground to abide. From that time thy throne is prepared, thou art from everlasting. O Lord, the rivers of water rise up, the rivers of water raise their roar, the rivers of water lift up the waves.

1) In the original: high.

The floods are mighty from the roaring of great waters; the Lord is mighty in the highest. Your testimonies are very sure, holiness adorns your house.

The 94th Psalm.

O Lord God, who is vengeance, God, who is vengeance, appear. Arise, thou judge of the earth, repay the righteous according to their deeds. O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the ungodly rejoice, and stiff-necked say out, and speak all iniquity? O Lord, they have broken down thy people, and humbled thine inheritance. Widows and strangers they slay, and slay the fatherless, saying, The Lord seeth it not, and the God of Jacob knoweth it not. Mark, ye fools of the people, and ye fools: when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall he not see? He that chasteneth the Gentiles, shall he not chasten them? he that teacheth men what they know. But the Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. Blessed is he whom thou, O Lord, chastenest, and teachest by thy law; that thou givest him patience in the evil time, until the pit be prepared for the wicked. For the Lord will not cast off his people, nor forsake his inheritance. For judgment will come again, and it will be followed by all the upright in heart. Who will stand with me against the wicked? Who will stand with me against the wicked? If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would have remained in silenceg ). When I said, "My foot has stumbled," your goodness strengthened me, O Lord. When I had much trouble inwardly, thy comforts refreshed my soul. Shall the mischief-maker also have fellowship with thee, who maketh troubleh in the law? They arm themselves against the souls of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. But the Lord is my protection, my God is the refuge of my confidence. And

g) Silence, that is, in hell, since it is silent, and everything is off.

h) Trouble, that is, their teaching makes evil conscience and sour life.

He will repay them for their wrongdoing and will disturb them in their wickedness, the Lord our God will disturb them.

The 95th Psalm.

Come, let us praise the Lord and shout for the refuge of our salvation. Let us come before his face with thanksgiving, and shout to him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For in his hand are the things that are in the lower parts of the earth, and the high places of the mountains are his. For his is the sea, and he hath made it; and his hands have prepared the dry land. Come, let us worship and kneel and fall down before the Lord who made us. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and sheep of his hands. This day, when ye hear his voice, harden not your heart, as it was in Meribah, as it was in the days of Massa, in the wilderness, when your fathers tried me, and tried me, and saw my work, when I was forty years in the generation, and said, There is a people whose heart is not right, and they know not my ways; that I sware in my wrath that they should not come into my rest.

The 96th Psalm.

Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name; preach one day upon another his salvation. Tell his glory among the nations, his wonders among all peoples. For the Lord is great and glorious, marvelous above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Honor and adornment are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary. You nations among the peoples, bring here, bring here honor and strength to the Lord. Bring to the Lord the glory of his name, take gifts, and come into his courts. Worship the Lord in holy adornment; let all the earth be astonished before him. Say among the nations that the Lord is King, who hath prepared the earth to abide, and hath judged the nations.

sincere. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all that is therein. Let the field rejoice, and all that is therein. Then all the trees of the forest shout for joy before the Lord, because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the earth with righteousness, and the nations with his faith.

The 97th Psalm.

The Lord has become King, the earth rejoices, and many nations are glad. Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Fire goes before him, and sets on fire his enemies round about. His lightnings shine on the ground; the earth is amazed and terrified. Mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the ruler of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all nations behold his glory. All who serve images must be ashamed, and boast of idols; worship him all gods. Zion has heard, and is glad; and the daughters of Judah are glad, O Lord, because of thy judgments: for thou, O Lord, art the most high in all the earth; thou art greatly exalted above all gods. You who love the Lord, hate evil; the Lord preserves the souls of his saints; from the hand of the wicked he will deliver them. Light has come to the righteous, and joy to the upright in heart. Ye righteous, rejoice in the Lord, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

The 98th Psalm.

A Psalm.

Sing to the Lord a new song, that he has done wonders. He has done his salvation with his right hand and with his holy arm. The Lord hath made known his salvation, he hath declared his righteousness before the nations. He has remembered his goodness and faith to the house of Israel; the end of the world has seen the salvation of our God. All the earth shout for joy to the Lord, sing, praise and extol. Praise the Lord with harps, with harps and bright psalms. With drom-

With the sound of the trumpet and the sound of the trumpet, shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea roar, and all that is in it, the earth, and those who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, and let the mountains rejoice one with another, before the Lord, because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the earth aright, and the nations uprightly.

The 99th Psalm.

The Lord is king, and the nations rage: he sitteth upon cherubims, and the land is moved. The Lord is great in Zion, and high above all nations. Thanks be to thy great and marvelous name, which is holy. The strengthi of the king loveth judgment: thou hast prepared that which is upright, thou hast established judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt the Lord our God, worship at his footstool, for he is holy. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them. He talked with them by a pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies and customs which he gave them. O Lord, you are our God, you heard them; you, God, forgave them and punished their deeds. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy mountain, for the Lord is holy.

The 100th Psalm.

A psalm of thanksgiving.

Rejoice to your Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness, come before his face rejoicing. Know that the Lord is God, he hath made us, and not we ourselves, his people, and sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks and praise his name. For the Lord is good, and his lovingkindness endureth for ever, and his faith for ever.

The 101st Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Of goodness and judgment will I sing, and praise thee, O Lord. I do wisely

i) Strength, that is, his kingdom and power.

in the way that is without change; when wilt thou come to me? I walk in my house with a simple heart. I take no evil thing for myself; I hate the doings of the transgressor, and abide not with me. A wicked heart must depart from me; I will not suffer the wicked. He who slandereth his neighbor in secret, him will I destroy; I like not him of proud face and trusting heart. My eyes look for the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; and he that leadeth a blameless life will I let serve me. He who is deceitful must not stay in my house; he who lies will not stand before me. Earlyj I destroyed all the wicked of the land, and cut off all the transgressors from the city of the Lord.

The 102nd Psalm.

A prayer of the wretched, when he is distressed, and pour out his speech before thy Lord, O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me; in the time of trouble incline thine ear unto me: when I call upon thee, hear me quickly. For my days are passed away like smoke, And my bones are burned up like a fire. My heart is as downcast as grass, and withered, because I have forgotten to eat my bread. My bones cling to my flesh at the voice of my groaning. I am like a bittern in the desert, I am like a chancellor in the fortified cities. I watch, and am like a lonely bird on the roof. Daily my enemies revile me, and they that mock me swear by me. For I eat ashes like bread, And mix my drink with weeping, Before thine anger and disgrace, Because thou hast taken me, and cast me down. My days are gone as a shadow, and I am dried up as grass. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance for ever. Thou wouldest make thyself known, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time is come that thou shouldest have mercy upon her, and the hour is come. For her stones are pleasing to thy servants, and are theirs.

j) early, that is, soon and quickly.

Dust favorably. And the heathen shall fear thy name, and all the kings of the earth thy glory; because the Lord buildeth Zion, and shineth in his glory. He turns to the prayer of the forsaken, and spurns not their prayer. Let this be written on the descendants, and let the people who are to be created praise the Lord. For he looketh from his holy height, and the Lord seeth from heaven upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the captive, and to loose the children of death, that they may preach his name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, when the nations shall come together, and the kingdoms to serve the Lord. He humbles my strength in your way, he shortens my days. I say: My God, do not take me away in the half of my days. Thy years endure for ever and ever. Thou hast founded the earth before, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They will pass away, but you remain; they will all pass away like a garment, and if you change them like a garment, they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years have no end. The children of thy servants shall remain, and their seed shall stand before thee.

The 103rd Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Praise the Lord, my soul, and all my thoughts to his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not the good he hath done me again. Who is gracious to all thy iniquity, and healeth all thy sickness. Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, Who crowneth thee with goodness and mercy. Who satisfieth thy mouth with goodness, that thy youth may be renewed like an eagle. The Lord establishes justice and judgment for all who suffer injustice. He hath made known his ways unto Moses, and his doings unto the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, longsuffering and of great kindness. He will not always be angry, nor hold a grudge forever. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, neither hath he recompensed us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

He will show his kindness to those who fear him. As far as the morning is from the evening, so far will he let our transgression be from us. As a father has mercy on his children, so the Lord has mercy on those who fear him. For he knoweth what manner of things we are; he remembereth that we are dust. A man in his time is like hay; he blossoms like a flower in the field. When the wind blows over it, it is no longer there, and it no longer knows its place. But the goodness of the Lord endureth for ever in them that fear him, and his righteousness in the children of children, in them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them. The Lord has prepared his throne in heaven, and his kingdom shall reign over all. Praise the Lord, ye his angels, mighty in power, which execute his word, that the voice of his word may be heard. Praise the Lord, all his hosts, his servants, who do his good pleasure. Praise the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion, praise the Lord, my soul.

The 104th Psalm.

Praise the Lord, my soul, Lord my God, you have become very glorious; praise and adornment you have put on. Thou coverest thyself with light, as with a garment; thou spreadest out the heavens, as a carpet. Thou archest its top with water; thou makest the clouds thy chariot, and walkest upon the footsteps of the wind. Thou makest thy angels winds, and thy servants flames of fire. Thou dost establish the earth upon its foundation, that it may abide for ever and ever. Thou coverest it with the deep, as with a garment, that waters stand upon the mountains. But from thy rebuke they flee, from the voice of thy thunder they go; the mountains go up, and the broad places come down to the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a boundary; they shall not pass over it, neither shall they cover the earth again. Thou makest wells to spring up in the bottoms, that the waters may go down among the mountains, that all the beasts of the field may go up.

The donkeys of the forest quench their thirst. In them the birds of the air dwell, and sing under the branches. Thou wettest the mountains from above; The land is full of the fruits of thy works. Thou causest hay to grow for cattle, and seed by the labor of men, that thou mayest bring forth bread out of the earth, and that wine may gladden the heart of man, and his form glisten with oil, and that bread may strengthen the heart of man; that the trees of the LORDk may abound, the cedars Lebanon which he hath planted. There the birds nest, and the deer has its dwelling on the firs. The high mountains are the refuge of the chamois, but the stone crags of the rabbits. You wax the moon, that one counts the festivals after it, the sun knows its setting. Thou makest darkness, that night may come, there all wild beasts stir; the young lions there roar after the prey, and seek their food from. God. But when the sun goes out, they rise up and lie down in their dwellings. So man goes out to his work and to his farm until evening. O Lord, how many are thy works: thou hast made them all wise, and the earth is full of thy substance. The sea, which is so great and wide, teems with beasts, both great and small, that cannot be numbered. There go the ships, there is the Leviathan, which thou hast made to play in it. They all wait for you to give them food in his time. Thou givest them, and they gather; thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good. When thou hidest thy face, they are afraid; when thou takest away their breath, they perish, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy breath, and they are created; and thou renounceest the glory of the earth. The glory of the Lord be eternal; the Lord rejoiceth in his works. He looks upon the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord during my life, and praise my God as long as I live. My speech must be pleasing to him, I am glad.

k) Trees of the Lord are called, which stand in the forest, which are not planted by men.

of the Lord. Let there be an end of sinners on earth, and of the wicked, until they are no more. Praise the Lord, my soul, hallelujah.

The 105th Psalm.

Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; make known his doings among the nations. Sing of him, and praise him; speak of all his wonders. Praise his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Inquire of the Lord, and of his strength; seek his face always. Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, the wonders and judgments of his mouth. You, the seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen. He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded a thousand generations, which he made with Abraham, and the oath with Isaac, and established the same for Jacob for a right, and for Israel for an everlasting covenant, saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the cord of your inheritance: for they were few in number, and strangers therein. And they went from nation to nation, from kingdom to kingdom. He let no man offend them, and punished kings for their sakes. Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not deal ill with my prophets. And he caused a flood to come into the land, and withdrew all the supply of bread. He sent a man before them, and Joseph was sold as a servant. They bound his feet in the rod, and the iron passed through his soul, until the time that his word came, and the word of the Lord ran through him. Then the king sent and released him, and the lord of the nations let him out. He made him lord of his house, ruler over all his possessions, to discipline his princes according to his will, and to make his elders wise. And Israel went into Egypt, and Jacob became a stranger in the land of the grove. And he made his people very fruitful, and made them mightier than their enemies. He changed their hearts so that they were angry with his people.

and dealt treacherously with his servants. He sent his servant Moses, Aaron, whom he had chosen. They did his signs among them, and his wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark, and they disobeyed his words. He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. He spoke, there came evil worms, lice in all their borders. He gave them hail for rain, flames of fire in their land. And smote their vines, and their fig trees, and brake the trees in their borders. And he said, There came locusts, and beetles, and the same without number. And they devoured all the grass of their land, and devoured the fruit of their field. And smote all the firstborn in their land, all the firstlings of their substance. And he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was not a feeble man among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they went out, for their fear had fallen upon them. He spread a cloud to cover them, and fire to shine by night. They asked, and quails came, and he filled them with bread from heaven. He opened the rock, and the waters flowed out, and the brook ran in the dry wilderness. For he remembered his holy word spoken to Abraham his servant. So he brought forth his people with joy, and with gladness his chosen ones. And gave them the lands of the heathen, to take the work of the nations, that they should keep 1) his customs, and keep his law, alleluia.

The 106th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is kind, and his goodness endures forever. Who shall proclaim the power of the Lord, and make all his praises loud? Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times. Remember me, O Lord, according to the good will thou hast toward thy people; visit us with thy salvation, that we may behold the goodness of thy chosen ones; and let us be filled with the goodness of the Lord.

1) Erlanger: should.

Rejoice in the joy of your people, and boast in your inheritance. We have sinned with our fathers, we have abused, we have been ungodly. Our fathers in Egypt did not hear your miracles, they did not remember your great goodness, and were disobedient at the sea, that is, at the Red Sea. But he helped them for his name's sake, to make known his power. And he rebuked the sea of reeds, and it was dry; and he led them through the depths, as in the wilderness, and delivered them out of the hand of him that hated them, and delivered them out of the hand of the enemy, and covered their adversaries with water, that not one remained. Then they believed his words and sang his praises. But they soon forgot his works, they did not wait for his counsel. And they became lustful in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. But he gave them their request, and sent enough according to their will. And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the Holy One of the Lord. The earth arose and swallowed up Dothan and covered Abiram. And fire was kindled among their company; the flame burned up the wicked. They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the cast image. And changed their glory into the likeness of an ox eating grass. They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, wonders in the land of the grove, and terrible works at the Red Sea. And he said that he would destroy them, except Moses his chosen had stood before him against the breach, to turn away his wrath, that he should not destroy. And they despised the noble land; they believed not his word. And murmuring in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. And he lifted up his hand against them, to smite them in the wilderness, and to cast their seed among the heathen, and to scatter them abroad. And they hanged themselves upon Baal Peor, and did eat of the sacrifices of the dead, and provoked him to anger with their doings: and the plague was upon them. Then Phinehas came and settled the matter, and the plague was lifted. And it was reckoned to him for the plague.

righteousness for ever and ever. And they provoked him to anger at the water of Hader, and Moses was displeased for their sakes. For they were disobedient to his spirit, because he said by his lips that they should not destroy the nations, of which the Lord had told them. And they mingled with the heathen, and learned their works, and served their idols, which were an offence unto them. And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the devils of the field, and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, which they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan, that the land was stained with blood. And they defiled themselves with their works, and fornicated with their doings. Then the wrath of the Lord was kindled, and he made an abomination of his inheritance, and delivered them into the hand of the heathen, that they might have dominion over them which had hated them. And their enemies afflicted them, and were humbled under their hands. He saved them many times, but they were disobedient in their ways, and became lowly in their iniquities. And he saw their affliction, when he heard their lamentation, and remembered his covenant for them, and repented him of his great goodness, and made them come to mercy before all them that were taken captive. Help us, O Lord our God, and bring us together from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and praise thy praise. Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, and let all the people say Amen. Hallelujah.

The 107th Psalm. l)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is kind, and his goodness endures forever. Say, Ye that are redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and whom he hath gathered out of the countries, from the going forth, and from the going down, and from the south, and from the sea. They go astray in the wilderness, in the way they have not trodden, and find no city to dwell in; they are hungry and thirsty, and their soul is weary. And they cry unto the Lord in their distress, and he delivereth them out of the wilderness.

I) This Psalm is a common thanksgiving, how God helps all kinds of people out of all kinds of distress, as Paul says 1 Tim.

2,: "He is a Savior of all people."

their anxieties, and lead them in the right way, that they may go to the city where they dwell. They give thanks to the Lord for his goodness and for the miracles he has wrought for the children of men. For he satisfieth the thirsty soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good things. Those who sit in darkness and gloom, imprisoned in misery and iron, because they disobey the word of God and blaspheme the counsel of the Most High. And he humbles their heart with calamity, so that they become weak and have no help. And they cry unto the Lord in their distress, and he helpeth them out of their afflictions, and bringeth them out of their darkness and gloom, and breaketh their bonds. They give thanks to the Lord for his goodness and for his miracles for the children of men. For he breaketh the doors of brass, and breaketh the bars of iron. Fools are humbled because of the way of their transgression, and because of their iniquity. Their soul is disgusted with all food, and they come hard to the gate of death. And they cry unto the Lord in their distress, and he helpeth them out of their anguish. He sends his word and heals them and saves them from their destruction. They give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonders to the children of men, and offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his works with praise. They that go to sea in ships, and trade in great waters, see the work of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. He saith, The wind of the tempest is lifted up, and the waves thereof are lifted up. So they go up to heaven, and go into the abyss, their soul is despondent in the accident. They stagger and stagger, like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up. And they cry unto the Lord in their distress, and he leadeth them out of their anguish. He calms the storm so that its waves subside. Then they are glad that it is calm, and he leads them to the fords as they wish. They thank the Lord for his goodness and for his wonders to the children of men, and exalt him among the congregation of the people, and praise him in his seatm of the elders. He who has the brooks

m) Seat, that is, in the assembly, as in the church.

He turns a fertile land into a barren one because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. He makes a desert into a lake of water, and a dry land into a spring of water, and sets there the hungry to make a city to dwell in, and to sow fields, and to plant vineyards, and to bring forth fruit of harvest. And bless them, and multiply them almost, and let not their cattle be few. But theirs shall be fewer, and shall be brought low by the constraint of evil, and by accident. He heapeth contempt upon princes, and maketh them to err in the way wherein is no course. And protects the poor from misery, and makes him like a flock of sheep in many generations. The upright shall see their pleasure and rejoice, and all unrighteousness shall have to shut his mouth. Who is wise and keeps this? So shall they understand the goodness of the Lord.

The 108th Psalm.

A Psalm Song of David.

God, my heart is ready, I will sing and write poetry, my glory too. Farewell, psalteries and harps! I will rise with the dawn. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praise unto thee among the people. For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy faithfulness unto the clouds. Exalt thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth, that thy dear friends may be redeemed; help with thy right hand, and answer me. God speaks in His sanctuary; I am glad and will divide Shechem and measure out the valley of Shukhtoth. Gilead is mine, Manasseh also is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my teacher. Moab is my washpot; I will cast my shoe over Edom; over the Philistines I will exult. Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will guide me in Edom? Have you not, O God, cast us out? And do you not go forth, O God, with our army? Help us in our distress, for the help of men is in vain. Through God we will prove our strength, he will trample our enemies.

The 109th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

God, my praise, do not be silent. For the wicked mouths of the wicked have opened upon me, and speak against me with a false tongue, and talk against me with hateful words in every place, and fight against me without a cause. Because I love them, they are against me, but I pray. They do me evil for good, and hate for love. Set the wicked over him, and let an adversary stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let his prayer be sin. His days must become few, and his office must be received by another. His children must become orphans, and his wife a widow. His children must be idle, begging and seeking, because their accumulation is wicked. The usurer must suck up everything he has, and strangers must rob his work, and there must be no one to show him kindness, and no one to take pity on his orphans. His descendants must be cut off, his name must perish in one limb. His father's iniquity must be remembered before the Lord, and his mother's sin must not be blotted out. They must all be before the Lord, and their memory must be blotted out from the earth. For this cause he remembered not, to shew mercy, and persecuted the wretched and the poor, and him that was of a grieved heart, to slay him. And he curseth gladly, but it shall come to him; he would not bless, so he shall be far enough from him. And put on the curse like his garment, and it entered into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. So let it be to him as a garment to put on, and a girdle to gird himself with. So be it done unto them of the Lord that are against me, and speak evil against my soul. But thou, O Lord, do thou with me for thy name's sake, for thy lovingkindness save me. For I am poor and wretched; my heart is troubled within me. I go, as a switch leads, and am brought out of-

thrust like the locusts. My knees are weak from fasting, and my flesh is lean, having no fat. And I was their mockery; when they saw me, they shook their heads. Help me, O Lord my God, according to thy lovingkindness, that they may know that this is thy hand, that thou hast done this thing. If they curse, bless them; if they rebel, they will be put to shame; but let your servant rejoice. My adversaries must be clothed with shame, and be clothed with their disgrace, as with a garment. O Lord, I will give thanks unto thee with my mouth, and praise thee among many. For he standeth at the right hand of the poor, to save his soul from the judges.

The 110th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. The Lord will send the rod of thy strength out of Zion, rule among thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy array. Out of the womb with the dawn comes the dew of thy birth. The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent; you are a priest forever, after the manner of Malkizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall smite the kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge the nations, he shall make them full of dead bodies; he shall bruise the head of many nations. He will drink from the brookn ) in the way; therefore he will lift up the head.

The 111th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Lord, I will thank you with all my heart, in the council of the sincere and in the community. Great are the works of the Lord, requesto ) all who desire them. Thanks

n) Or thus: One will drink from the brook w., that is: He will slay so much that one would like to drink blood like water.

o) Requests, that is, whoever has a desire for it, asks for it.

And his work is glory, and his righteousness endureth for ever. He has made a memorial of his wonders, the gracious and merciful Lord. He has given food to those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. He will show the power of his works to his people, that he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles. The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his commandments endure. They are preserved forever and ever, and made true and right. He hath sent a salvation unto his people, his covenant commanded for ever: holy and terrible is his name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow it have a sound mind; his praise endures forever.

The 112th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Blessed is he who fears the Lord, who delights in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Riches and abundance shall be in his hand, and his righteousness shall endure for ever. To the upright there arises light in the darkness from the gracious, merciful and righteous. A pious man is merciful, and lends gladly; he dividesp his words rightly. For he will remain forever; he will never be forgotten. He is not afraid of evil judgment; his heart is ready to hope in the Lord. His heart is confident and does not fear until he sees his pleasure in his enemies. He scatters and gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted with honor. The wicked shall see it, and be displeased; he shall gnash his teeth, and perish. For the desire of the wicked will be lost.

The 113th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Praise be to his name

p) divides, that is, he does not pretend to the great and does not bite the lowly, but comforts, punishes, speaks where and when it is necessary, and looks at no one.

from now until eternity. From the going forth of the sun even unto the going down of the same be the name of the Lord praised. The Lord is exalted above all nations; his glory is above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, who sits on high and looks down in heaven and on earth? Who raiseth up the lowly out of the dust, and exalteth the poor out of the filth, to make him dwell with princes, with the princes of his people. Who maketh the barren to dwell in the house, that she may be a joyful mother of children, Alleluia.

The 114th Psalm.

When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob out of the foreign nation, Judah became its sanctuary, Israel its dominion. The sea saw and fled, the Jordan turned back. The mountains licked like rams, the hills like young sheep. What was it to you, O sea, that you fled? And you, Jordan, that you turned back? Ye mountains, that ye licked like rams? Ye hills, like the young sheep? Before the Lord the earth worshipped, before the Lord Jacob, who turned the rock into a lake of water, and the stones into fountains of water.

The 115th Psalm.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory for your goodness and faithfulness. Why should the Gentiles say: Where is their God? But our God is in heaven; he makes what he desires. But those idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, and speak not; they have eyes, and see not. They have ears, and hear not; they have noses, and smell not. They have hands, and do not grasp; they have feet, and do not walk, and do not speak through their throat. They also that make such things are so, and all they that hope in them. But Israel hope in the Lord, who is their help and their shield. The house of Aaron hope in the Lord, who is their help and shield. Those who fear the Lord also hope in the Lord, who is their help and shield. The Lord thinks of us and will bless us, he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron.

bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the Lord, whether they are small or great. The Lord will do it more upon you, upon you and upon your children. You are the blessed of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. The heaven of all heavens is the Lord's, but the earth he gave to the children of men. The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, nor they that go down into silence: but we praise the Lord from henceforth even unto ages of ages, alleluia.

The 116th Psalm.

I desire that the Lord may hear the voice of my supplications; that he may incline his ear unto me, and I will call upon my life. The snares of death had compassed me about, and the fears of hell had taken hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow. And I called upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, save my soul, thou gracious Lord and just, and our merciful God. The Lord preserves the simple; when I was inferior, he helped me. Return, my soul, to thy rest, for the Lord hath restored thee. For thou hast plucked my soul out of death, mine eye from tears, my foot from slipping. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. I believe, therefore I speak, but I am greatly humbled. I said in my trembling, All men are liars. What shall I repay the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows before all his people. How precious is the death of his saints before the Lord. O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. To you I will offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord before all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house, in thee, O Jerusalem, alleluia.

The 117th Psalm.

Praise the Lord, all nations; praise him, all peoples. For his goodness and faithfulness are with us forever, alleluia.

The 118th Psalm.

Give thanks to the Lord, because he is so kind, and his goodness endures forever. Let Israel now say, His lovingkindness endures forever. Let the house of Aaron now say, His lovingkindness endures forever. Those who fear the Lord say that his goodness endures forever. In fear I called upon the Lord, and the Lord heard me in the wide place. The Lord is with me, I will not fear what man will do to me. The Lord is with me to help me, and I will see my pleasure in my enemies. It is better to trust in the Lord than to rely on man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to rely on princes. All the heathen have surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I will cut them down. They have surrounded me round about, but in the name of the Lord I will smite them. They have surrounded me like bees, they have gone out like fire in thorns;q ) but in the name of the Lord I will cut them down. They thrust me to fall, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my psalm, and is my salvation. There is a voice of gladness and salvation in the tabernacles of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord is strength. The right hand of the Lord is exalted, the right hand of the Lord is strength. I shall not die, but live, and tell the work of the Lord. The Lord chasteneth me, but giveth me not up unto death. Open unto me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter therein, and give thanks unto the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous shall enter in. I thank thee that thou hearest me, and art my salvation. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was done by the Lord, and is a miracle before our eyes. This is the day the Lord is making; let us rejoice and be glad in it. O Lord, help, O Lord, let it prosper! Praise be to him who

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q) Fire in thorns, that is, as the fire in thorns and rice almost roars and rages hostilely, but soon comes to an end, and is not constant: so their anger almost rages; but it is soon over with it, and does not do so much, as great as it would like.

come in the name of the Lord, we bless you in front of the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and enlighten us, adorn the feast with may to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I thank you, my God, I will exalt you. Give thanks unto the Lord, because he is good; and his goodness endureth for ever.

The 119th Psalm.

Blessed are those who walk in the way without change, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart. For the wicked walk not in his ways. Thou hast commanded to keep diligently that which thou hast commanded. Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. Then would I not be put to shame, When I look upon thy commandments all. I thank thee with a sincere heart that thou teachest me the judgments of thy righteousness. I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not.

With what will a young man purify his way? If he keeps your words. I have sought thee with all my heart; let me not lack thy commandments. I have hid thy words in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord, that teachest me thy statutes. I will tell with my lips all the judgments of thy mouth. I will rejoice in thy ways of thy testimonies, As in all riches. I will speak the things which thou hast commanded, and look into thy paths. I delight in thy statutes, and forget not thy words.

Restore thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy words. Open my eyes, that I may see the wonders of thy law. I am a sojourner on earth; do not hide your commandments from me. My soul is crushed with desire for thy judgments at all times. Thou hast reproached the proud, that they which lack thy commandments are accursed. Turn away from me shame and

Contempt, for I guard thy testimonies. The princes also sit and speak against me, but thy servant speaketh of thy statutes. I delight in thy testimonies; they are my counsellors.

My soul clings to the dust; make me alive according to your word. I have told my ways, and thou answerest me; teach me thy statutes. Instruct me in the way which thou hast commanded, And I will speak of thy wonders. My soul dribbles with sorrow; Set me up according to thy words. Take away from me the wrong way, and grant me thy law. I have chosen a certain way; I have set thy judgments before me. I cling to thy testimonies, O Lord, let me not be put to shame. I will walk in the way of thy commandments, if thou comfort my heart.

Show me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keep them unto the end. Instruct me, and I will keep thy law; I will keep it with all my heart. Lead me in thy paths of thy commandments, for I delight in them. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes, that they see not vanity; Make me alive in thy way. Make thy speech steadfast unto thy servant, That I may fear thee. Turn away from me the reproach that I shun: for thy judgments are sweet. Behold, I desire that which thou hast besought; Make me alive through thy righteousness.

Let your goodness, O Lord, come to me, your salvation according to your word, that I may answer my blasphemer, for I rely on your word. And take not from my mouth the word of truth, for I wait for thy judgments. I will keep thy law for ever and ever. And I will walk in the wide place, for I seek that which thou hast commanded. I speak of thy testimonies before kings, and am not ashamed, and delight in

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thy commandments which I love, and lift up my hands unto thy commandments which I love, and speak of thy statutes.

Remember thy servant in thy word, in which thou hast given me hope. This is my consolation in my misery, for your words make me alive. The proud mock me too much, but I do not depart from your law. O Lord, I remember thy judgments which are of the world, and am comforted. I am afraid of the wicked who forsake thy law. Thy judgments were my psalms in the house of my habitation. O Lord, I remember thy name at night, And keep thy law: It is mine [treasure], For I keep that which thou hast commanded.

I have said, O Lord, my portion is to keep thy ways. I beseech thy face with all my heart, make me alive according to thy word. I consider my ways, and turn my feet unto thy testimonies. I make haste, and do not delay to keep thy commandments. The covenant of the wicked depriveth me, but I forget not thy law. At midnight I rise to give thanks unto thee above the judgments of thy righteousness. I am in the fellowship of all who fear you and keep what you have commanded. O Lord, the earth is full of thy lovingkindness: teach me thy judgments.

You do good to your servant, O Lord, according to your words. Teach me good manners and knowledge, for I believe your commandments. Before I was humbled, I was misled, but now I keep your word. Thou art good and kind; teach me thy statutes. The proud tell lies about me, but I keep with all my heart what you have commanded. Their heart is as thick as sea, but I delight in your law. It is dear to me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than many thousand pieces of gold and silver.

Thy hand hath made me and prepared me; Instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments. They that fear thee see me, and rejoice: for I wait for thy word. O Lord, I know that thy judgments are right, and that thou hast humbled me with faithfulness. Let thy lovingkindness comfort me, according to thy word let it be done unto thy servant. Thy mercy come unto me, that I may live; For I have breath of thy law. The proud must be put to shame, that they press me down so falsely; but I speak of that which thou hast commanded. Those who fear you and know your testimonies must turn to me. My heart abideth righteous in thy statutes, that I be not put to shame. 1)

My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word. My eyes long for thy speech, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am like a wineskin in the smoke; I forget not thy statutes. How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors? The proud dig pits for me, which are not according to thy law. All thy commandments are sure: they persecute me falsely, help me. They have made me almost all on earth; but I forsake not that which thou hast commanded. Make me alive through thy lovingkindness, that I may keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

Lord, your word endures forever in heaven. Thy faithfulness endureth for ever: Thou hast prepared the earth, and it remaineth. It remains this day according to your judgment, for all things serve you. If I would not delight in thy law, I would perish in my misery. I will never forget what you have commanded, for you make me alive with it. I am yours, help me, for I seek what you have commanded. The wicked wait

1) V. 80 is missing in Zeidler and in the third printing of 1524.

upon me, that they may destroy me; but I take heed to thy testimonies. I have seen the end of all things, but thy commandment is very broad.

How I love your law, daily I speak of it. Thou hast made me wiser with thy commandment than mine enemies are, for it is mine for ever. I am wiser than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my speech. I am more understanding than the ancients, for I guard what you have commanded. I keep my foot from all evil ways, that I may keep thy word. I will not depart from thy judgments, for thou teachest me. How sweet are thy words to my throat, More than honey to my mouth. I am made understanding of that which thou hast commanded; therefore I hate all false ways.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I swear and keep it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness. I am greatly humbled, O Lord; make me alive according to thy words. Let the voluntary sacrifices of my mouth be acceptable to you, O Lord, and teach me your judgments. My soul is always in my hands, and I do not forget your law. The wicked lay snares for me, but I will not err from that which thou hast commanded. Thy testimonies do I inherit for ever: for they are the delight of mine heart. I incline my heart to do thy statutes for ever and ever.

I hate the heretics,r ) and love your law. You are my shield and screen, I hope in your word. Depart from me, ye wicked; I will keep the commandments of my God. Keep me in thy speech, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope. Strengthen me that I may recover, and I shall always have my delight in thy

r) Heretics, here they are called the fickle spirits who always find and undertake something new.

Rights. You trample all who lack your right, for their deceitfulness is false. Thou destroyest all the wicked of the earth as refuse; therefore I love thy testimonies. The hairs of my flesh stand on end because of your fear, and I am afraid of your judgments.

I exercise judgment and justice; do not hand me over to those who do me wrong. Vow for thy servant's good, that the proud do me no wrong. My eyes are longing for thy salvation, And for the speech of thy righteousness. Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes. I am thy servant, instruct me, that I may know thy testimonies. It is time for the Lord to do it; they have made thy statutes to stand. Therefore I love thy commandment above gold and above fine gold. Therefore I will keep all that thou hast ever commanded; I will avoid all false paths.

Thy testimonies are strange; therefore keep them my soul. When thy word goeth forth, it enlighteneth, and giveth understanding unto the simple. I open my mouth and take breath, for I desire thy commandments. Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art gracious unto them that love thy name. Direct my courses by thy speech, and let no injustice have dominion over me. Deliver me from the iniquity of men, and I will keep thy commandments. Enlighten thy face upon thy servant, And teach me thy judgments. Rivers of water depart from mine eyes, that thy law be not kept.

You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgment is right. Thou hast bidden the testimonies of thy righteousness, and hard faith. My zeal hath almost killed me, that mine adversaries forget thy words. Thy speech is well purified, and thy servant loveth it. I am small and despised; I forget not that which thou hast commanded. Thy righteousness is a

Everlasting righteousness, and thy law is steadfast. Fear and trouble have afflicted me, but I delight in thy commandments. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: instruct me, and I shall live.

I cry with all my heart, hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy statutes. I cry out to you, help me, so I will keep your testimonies. I come before in the twilight, and cry; in thy word I hope. Mine eyes come before in the morning watch, That I may deal of thy speech. Hear my voice according to thy lovingkindness, O Lord; Make me alive according to thy judgments. My persecutors draw near wilfully, and are far from thy law. O Lord, thou art near, and all thy commandments are steadfast. I know beforehand of thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for ever.

Behold my affliction, and deliver me; help me out, for I forget not thy law. Lead my cause, and deliver me; make me alive according to thy word. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they respect not thy judgments. O Lord, great is thy mercy; Make me alive according to thy lovingkindness. My persecutors and adversaries are many, but I will not depart from thy testimonies. I saw the scornful, and it grieved me that they kept not thy speech. Behold, I love that which thou hast commanded; O Lord, make me alive according to thy lovingkindness. From the beginning thy words are constant; all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever.

The princes persecute me without cause, and my heart is afraid of your words. I rejoice in thy speech, as one that findeth great spoil. I am averse to lies, and abhor them; but I love thy law. I praise thee seven times a day for the judgments of thy righteousness. Great peace have they that love thy law, and have no offence. O Lord, I wait for thy salvation; and

Do according to your commandments. My soul keepeth thy testimonies, and loveth them almost. I keep thy commandments and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

O Lord, let my lamentation come before thee; instruct me according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee, save me according to thy speech. Let my lips utter praise when thou teachest me thy statutes. Let my tongue have its conversation from thy sayings; For all thy commandments are right. Let thine hand be with me, for I have erwählet that which thou hast commanded. O Lord, I desire thy salvation, and delight in thy law. Let my soul live, that it may praise thee; And let thy judgments help me. I wander as a lost sheep; Seek thy servant, For I forget not thy commandments.

The 120th Psalm.

A song on high.

I call to your Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Lord, save my soul from evil mouths and false tongues. What can the false tongue do to you? and what can it accomplish? It is like the sharp arrows of a mighty man with coals of juniper. sWoe is me, that I am a stranger among Meshech; I must dwell among the tents of Kedar. My soul has long been accustomed to those who hate peace. I kept peace, but when I spoke, they began to fight.

The 121st Psalm.

A song on high.

I lifted up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence shall my help come. My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He shall not suffer thy foot to slip, and he that keepeth thee shall not sleep. Behold, the keeper of Israel sleepeth not, neither slumbereth. The Lord shall keep thee, the Lord shall be thy shadow over thy right hand, that the sun sting thee not in the day, nor the moon.

s) coals, that is, they are fiery arrows.

at night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth even for ever.

The 122nd Psalm.

A Song of David on High.

I rejoice in that which is spoken to me, that we shall enter into the house of God, that our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, which is built like a city, holding itself together with one another. As the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. For there sit the seats of judgment, seats of the house of David. Give Jerusalem a friendly greeting; let it be well with those who love you. Let there be peace within thy walls, and abundance in thy palaces. For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will speak peace over you. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy best.

The 123rd Psalm.

A song on high.

I lift up mine eyes unto thee that sitteth in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants look on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of maids look on the hands of their wives: so our eyes look on the Lord our God, until he be gracious unto us. Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us, for we are very full of contempt. Our soul is very full of the scorn of the rich and the contempt of the worthy.

The 124th Psalm.

A Song of David on High.

If the Lord were not with us, thus say Israel: If the Lord were not with us, when men set themselves against us, they would swallow us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; and the waters would have drowned us, the rivers would have gone over our souls; the waters would have gone over our souls too high. Praise be to the Lord that he has not given us into their teeth to be robbed. Our soul is unburied.

The rope has been broken, and we are free. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

The 125th Psalm.

A song on high.

Those who hope in the Lord will not fall down and will remain forever, like Mount Zion. There are mountains round about Jerusalem, and the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. For the rod of the wicked is not left over the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch forth their hand unto iniquity. Do good, O Lord, to the good and upright in heart. But the Lord will bring those who are ready to step aside with the wicked; but peace be upon Israel.

The 126th Psalm.

A song on high.

When the Lord turns the prison of Zion, we will be like those who dream. t) Then our mouths will be full of laughter, and our tongues full of praise; then it will be said among the Gentiles, "The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has also done great things for us, and we will rejoice. Lord, turn our prisons like the streamsu ) in the middle of the day. Those who sow with tears will reap with joy. They go and weep, and bear noble seed, and come with joy, and bring forth their sheaves.

The 127th Psalm.

A Song of Solomon on High.

Where the Lord does not build the house, those who build it labor in vain. Where the Lord does not watch over the city, the watchman watches in vain. It is in vain that ye rise up early, and sin to sit, and eat hard bread: for to whom he giveth it, he giveth it sleeping. Behold, the

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t) Dreaming, that is, the joy becomes so great that we hardly believe it, and we feel as if it were dreaming and not true.

u) Streams, that is, how the streams are purely dried up by the hot sun at noon.

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Children are the inheritancev ) from the Lord, and the fruit of the body is the reward. As the arrows in the hand of the mighty, so are the children of youth. Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they are not put to shame when they speak to their enemies in the gate.

The 128th Psalm.

A song on high.

Blessed is he that feareth the Lord, and walketh in his ways. Thou shalt be nourished with the work of thine hands: thou shalt prosper. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine on the walls of your house, your children like the olive branches around your table. Behold, thus is blessed the man that feareth the Lord. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the happiness of Jerusalem all thy days, and thy children's children, peace upon Israel.

The 129th Psalm.

A song on high.

They have often urged me on from my youth; so say Israel: They have often urged me on from my youth, but they have not overpowered me. The plowmen have plowed on my back, and drawn their furrow long. The Lord, who is righteous, has cut off the ropes of the wicked. They shall be ashamed, and return, all they that grudge Zion. They must be like the hay on the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up. Of which the reaper filleth not his hand, nor the sheafbinder his lap, and they that passed by spake not: The blessing of the Lord be upon you, we bless you in the name of the Lord.

The 130th Psalm.

A song on high.

From the depths I cry out to you, O Lord. O Lord, hear my voice, let your ears

v) Inheritance, that is, in vain, that ye should work it out with your labor; for the children themselves, for whom ye labor, are not in your power, but he giveth them for an inheritance and a reward.

heed the voice of my supplications. If thou wilt take heed to iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand? For with thee there is forgiveness, that they may fear thee. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and I wait for his word. My soul waits for the Lord from morning watch to morning watch. Israel waits for the Lord, for goodness is with the Lord, and much salvation with him. And he will redeem Israel from all her iniquity.

The 131st Psalm.

A Song of David.

O Lord, my heart is not proud, neither are mine eyes lifted up, neither do I walk in great things that are too strange for me. If I set not my soul, and still my soul, my soul was in me, as one weaned from his mother. Israel, wait for the Lord from now until forever.

The 132nd Psalm.

A song on high.

Remember, O Lord, David, and all his miseries, that he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty Jacob, I will not enter into the tabernacle of my house, nor lie down in the bed of my bed. I will not let my eyes sleep, nor my eyelids slumber, until I find a place for the Lord, to dwell with the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we have heard it in Ephrata; we have found itw in the field of the forest. We will go into his tabernacle, and worship before his footstool. Arise, O Lord, unto thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints rejoice. Turn not away the face of thine anointed, for thy servant David's sake. The Lord hath sworn unto David faithfully; from this he will not turn away: I will set upon thy throne the fruit of thy womb. If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, their children also shall sit upon thy throne.

w) they, that is, the place of the dwelling.

Sit in the throne forever. For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and hath pleased to dwell there. This is my rest forever; here will I dwell, for I delight in it. I will bless her food, and give bread to her poor. Her priests will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall rejoice. There shall David's horn arise; I have made a lamp unto mine anointed. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but over him his crown shall flourish.

The 133rd Psalm.

A Song of David.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together! As the best oil upon the head, which floweth down into Aaron's beard, which floweth down into the hole of his garments. Like the dew of Hermon, which floweth down upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for ever and ever.

The 134th Psalm.

Song.

Behold, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, that stand by night in the Lord's hall. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion, who made heaven and earth.

The 135th Psalm. Hallelujah.

Praise the name of the Lord, praise, you servants of the Lord. You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises to his name, for he is good. For the Lord has chosen Jacob for him, Israel for his own. For I know that the Lord is great, and that he is our Lord above all gods. Whatsoever he will, that will he do in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all deeps. He who makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth, who turns the lightning into rain, who makes the winds come out of his secret place. Who smote the first births in Egypt, both of them,

of men and of cattle. And sent his signs and wonders among you, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings. Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, and gave their land for an inheritance to his people Israel. O Lord, thy name endureth for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, endureth for ever. For the Lord will judge his people, and make atonement for his servants. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, and speak not; they have eyes, and see not. They have ears, and hear not; neither is there breath in their mouth. They that make such are like unto them, all they that hope in such. Let the house of Israel praise the Lord: praise the Lord, ye of the house of Aaron. Ye of the house of Levi, praise the Lord; ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. Praise be to the Lord from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem, alleluia. 1)

The 136th Psalm.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is kind, for his goodness endures forever. Give thanks to the God of all gods, for his goodness endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his goodness endures forever. He alone does great wonders, for his goodness endures forever. He who made the heavens wise, for his goodness endures forever. Who hath spread the earth upon the face of the waters: for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. Who made great lights, for his goodness endures forever. The sun to preside over the day, for his goodness endures forever. The moon and the stars to preside over the night, for his goodness endures forever. Who smote the Egyptians at their first births: for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. And brought Israel out of them: for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. By a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, for his lovingkindness endures forever. Who divided the Red Sea into two parts, for his mercy endures forever. And let Israel pass through-

1) "Hallelujah" is missing in the Erlanger.

For his goodness endures forever. Who pushed Pharaoh and his power into the Reed Sea, for his goodness endures forever. Who led his people through the wilderness, for his goodness endures forever. Who smote great kings, for his goodness endureth for ever. And slew mighty kings, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. Sihon king of the Amorites, for his goodness endures forever. And Og king of Bashan, for his lovingkindness endures forever. And gave their land for an inheritance, for his lovingkindness endures forever. For an inheritance to his servant Israel, for his kindness endures forever. For he remembered us when we were oppressed, for his kindness endures forever. Who redeemeth us from our enemies: for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. Who gives food to all flesh, for his goodness endures forever. Give thanks to God from heaven, for his goodness endures forever.

The 137th Psalm.

By the waters of Babel we sat, and meant also, remembering Zion. Our harps we hanged upon the willows that are within. For there they demanded of us a song, which held us captive, and in our howling a joyful song: Dearly beloved, sing unto us a song of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in foreign lands? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the headx of my joy. O Lord, remember the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, which say, Cleanse off, cleanse off, even unto their ground. Thou desolate daughter of Babylon, blessed is he that recompenseth thee with the recompense that thou hast made us. Blessed is he that taketh thy young children, and dasheth them to pieces against the stone.

The 138th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

I thank you with all my heart; before the gods I will sing praise to you. I will worship at your holy temple, and dei-

x) Head, that is, I do not rejoice, for over Jerusalem alone, that is the head and my highest joy.

no name give thanks for your goodness and faithfulness, for you have made your name glorious above all things by your word. When I call upon thee, answer me, and spread strength in my soul. All the kings of the earth give thee thanks, because they have heard the words of thy mouth, and have sung in the ways of the Lord, that the glory of the Lord may be great. For the Lord is high, and seeth the lowly, and knoweth the proud afar off. Though I walk in the midst of fear, yet thou wilt keep me alive, and wilt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, 1) and thy right hand shall save me. The Lord will do it for me. O Lord, thy lovingkindness is everlasting: thou wilt not leave the work of thy hands.

The 139th Psalm.

A Psalm of David, to be sung on high.

O Lord, you search me out and know me. Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up; thou understandest my thoughts afar off. Thou art round about my path and round about my campy , and all my ways thou spakest out. For, behold, there is not a word out of my tongue that thou, O Lord, knowest not all things. Behindz ) and in front thou makest me, and holdest thine hand over me. Such knowledge is too strange and too high for me; I cannot attain it. Where shall I go before thy spirit? and where shall I flee before thy face? If I go to heaven, thou art there; if I beg my way into hell, behold, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the dawn, and abide at the uttermost sea, yet thine hand shall lead me there, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Let darkness cover me," the night is also light around me. For even darkness is not dark with thee, and the night shineth as the day; darkness is as the light. For thou hast my kidneys in thy power; thou wast over me in my mother's womb. I thank thee that

1) Erlanger: "strengthen your anger" instead of: stretch out your hand.

y) Camp, that is, where I walk, or stand, do something, or lie still, so you are there.

z) Behind, that is, what I am before and after, and will, or do, that is all your work.

I am made strange, strange are thy works, and my soul knoweth it almost well. My bones were not hidden from you when I was made secretly, when I was formed in the grounda . Thine eyes saw me when I was yet unprepared, and all the days were written in thy book, which were yet to come, and there was none of them. But how delicious before me, O God, are your thoughts! How great is their sum! If I count them, they are more than the sand of the sea. When I wake up, I am still with you. O God, that thou wouldest slay the wicked, and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me! For they do not speak well of you, and your haters rise up without cause. I hate, O Lord, them that hate thee; I am turned away upon them that set themselves against thee. I hate them with a full hatred; therefore have they become mine enemies. Search me, O Lord, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be a toilsome way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

The 140th Psalm.

A psalm of David to sing high.

Deliver me, O Lord, from wicked men; keep me from the wicked men who think evil in their hearts, and make strife daily. They sharpen their tongue like a serpent; viper's fury is under their lips, Sela. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked; keep me from the wicked men who think to cast out my footsteps. The proud have laid a rope for me, and spread out a net for me, and set traps for me in the way, Sela. But I say unto the Lord, Thou art my God, O Lord, hear the voice of my supplications. O Lord, thou strength of my salvation, thou coverest my head in the time of the armor. O Lord, do not let the wicked have his desire, do not strengthen his will, let them rise up, Sela. The calamity of their lips shall overtake them, the head of them that surround me, sela. He shall heap coals upon them, he shall cast them into the fire, into pits,

a) below, that is, deep in the womb.

that they do not stand still. A launderer is not promoted on earth, a wicked and evil man will hunt him down. I know that the Lord will judge the cause of the wretched, and execute judgment upon the poor. Also the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name, and the upright shall abide before thy face.

The 141st Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

O Lord, I call to you, hasten to me, hear my voice when I call to you. Let my prayer be made unto thee as an incense; let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. O Lord, set a guard for my mouth, and a keeper for the door of my lips. Incline not my heart from evil, to lead an ungodly life with the wicked, that I eat not of that which is dear unto them. The righteous shall smite me kindly, and punish me; that shall be the best oil for me, which shall not fail of my soul: for my prayer is yet against their evil. Their judges stumble at the rock; they hear my speech, that they are sweet. Our bones are scattered as far as hell, as one scattereth and scattereth the earth. For in thee, O Lord, do mine eyes look; I trust in thee; pour not out my soul. Keep me from the snare they have laid for me, and from the snare of the wicked. The wicked must fall into the same nets with one another until I pass by.

The 142nd Psalm.

An instruction to David to pray, since he was in the cave.

I cry out to the Lord with my voice, I plead with the Lord with my voice. I pour out my speech before him and show him my distress. When my spirit is in anguish, you know me. They have laid a snare for me in the way where I go up. Look to the right, and behold, there is no one who knows me, for my flight 1) is lost; no one inquires about my soul. O Lord, unto thee do I cry, and

1) Erlanger: "Pleading".

Say: You are my trust, my portion in the land of the living. Take heed to my lamentation, for I have become very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are superior to me. Lead my soul out of the dungeon, that I may give thanks to thy name. The righteous will surround me when you restore me.

The 143rd Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, hear my supplication for the sake of your faith, answer me for the sake of your righteousness. And do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person will be justified before you. For the enemy persecutes my soul, and crushes my life to the ground; he puts me in darkness, like the dead in the world. And my spirit is troubled within me; my heart is troubled within my body. I remember the former lines; I seek thy works, and speak of the dealings of thy hands. I spread out my hands to you, my soul thirsts for you on earth, Sela. O Lord, hear me soon; my spirit is failing; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down to the pit. Let me early hear thy lovingkindness, for I hope in thee: make known unto me the way wherein I should go, for I lift up my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: in thee have I recourse. Teach me to do according to thy good pleasure, for thou art my God: thy good Spirit leadeth me on the level ground. O Lord, make me alive for thy name's sake; bring my soul out of trouble for thy righteousness' sake. And destroy mine enemies for thy lovingkindness' sake, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

The 144th Psalm.

A Psalm of David.

Praise be to the Lord, my refuge, who teaches my hands to fight and my fingers to get. My goodness and my fortress, my protection and my deliverer, my shield in whom I trust, who brings my people under me.

compels. O Lord, what is man, that thou knowest him so, and the child of man, that thou esteemest him so? Man is like vanity; his time passes away like a shadow. O Lord, incline thy heavens, and descend, touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Send lightning, and scatter them; shoot your arrows, and scare them. Send thy hand from on high, and deliver me, and save me from great waters, from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vainly, and their right hand is a false right. God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play to you on the harp of ten strings. You who give victory to kings, and deliver your servant David from the sword of the wicked. Deliver me also, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vainly, and their right hand is a false right,b ) that our sons may grow up as the plants in their youth, and our daughters as the hewn out oriels, as the palaces, and our corners be full, which give forth victuals unto victuals again, that our sheep may bear a thousand, and an hundred thousand without, our oxen may bear strong, that there be no breach, no going out, nor crying upon our faces. Blessed are the people that thus prosper; but blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

The 145th Psalm.

A Praise of David.

I will exalt you, my God, O King, and praise your name forever and ever. I will praise thee daily, and glorify thy name for ever and ever. The Lord is great and very praiseworthy, and his greatness cannot be fathomed. Children's children shall praise thy works, and shall speak of thy might. I will speak of the sincere adornment of thy praise, and of thy wonders; that they may speak of the strength of thy wonders, and that I may tell 1) thy glory. That they may testify the remembrance of thy great kindness, and of thy great power.

b) [false rights,] that is, they teach nothing but temporal benefits and splendor.

1) Erlanger: man.

boast of your righteousness. Gracious and merciful is the Lord, longsuffering and full of great kindness. The Lord is kind to all, and his mercy is above all his works. All thy works give thee thanks, O Lord, and thy saints praise thee. Speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power, that thy power may be known unto the children of men, and the honourable ornament of thy kingdom. Thy kingdom is a kingdom for ever, and thy dominion endureth for ever. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all that are brought low. All eyes wait for thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all that livest with good pleasure. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who faithfully call on him. He pleases those who fear him, hears their cry, and helps them. The Lord keepeth all them that love him, and shall destroy all the wicked. Let my mouth speak the praises of the Lord, and let all flesh praise his holy name for ever and ever.

The 146th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord in my life, and sing praises to my God because I am here. Do not rely on princes, on man's child, he cannot help. For his spirit must go forth, and come again to his earth, and then are all his counsels lost. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who gives justice to the wronged, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the captives, the Lord maketh the blind to see, the Lord upholdeth the downcast, the Lord loveth the righteous. The Lord preserves the stranger and the fatherless, and lifts up the poor.

1) Erlanger: yours.

on the widows, and turn back the way of the wicked. The Lord is King forever, your God, Zion, for ever and ever, alleluia.

The 147th Psalm.

Praise the Lord, for the song of praise to our God is fine, the praise is sweet and beautiful. The Lord will build Jerusalem, and bring together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the brokenhearted, and bindeth up their sorrows. He numbereth the stars, and calleth them all by name. Our Lord is great, and of great power; his understanding is not number. The Lord raises up the wretched, and humbles the wicked to the earth. Sing ye round about the Lord with thanksgiving, and praise our God with harps. Who covereth the heavens with clouds, And maketh rain upon the earth, Who maketh hay to grow upon mountains; Who giveth the cattle their food, The young hubs that call upon him. He has no pleasure in the strength of the steed, nor in anyone's legs. The Lord delights in those who fear him, who wait for his goodness. Praise, O Jerusalem, the Lord; praise, O Zion, your God. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, and blessed thy children within. He maketh peace within thy borders, and satisfieth thee with the best of wheat. He sendeth forth his speech upon the earth; his word runneth swiftly. He giveth snow like wool, he scattereth hoar-frost like ashes. He casts his locks like morsels; who can stay before his frost? He sendeth his word, and melteth them: he sendeth his wind, and the waters flow. He showeth Jacob his word, Israel his statutes and his judgments. So he does not do to the heathen, nor let them know his judgments, alleluia.

The 148th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Praise the Lord in the heavens, praise him on high. Praise him all his angels; praise him all his host. Praise him sun and moon; praise him all stars and light. Praise him, you heavens of all heavens, and the waters that are above the heavens. They praise the name of the Lord: for he giveth praise, and it is made. He makes them

abide for ever and ever; he giveth a sentence that shall not be passed over. Praise the Lord on earth, ye Welsh, and all these; fire, and hail, and snow, and vapor, wind of tempest, that send forth his word; mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; beasts and all cattle, creeping things and fowls with fittest; ye kings of the earth, and all people, princes and all judges of the earth. Young men and virgins, old men with young men, praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is high; his praise is above heaven and earth. And he exalts the horn of his people. Praise have all his saints, the children of Israel, the people that draw nigh unto him, alleluia.

The 149th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Sing to the Lord a new song; his praise is in the congregation of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him who made him; let the children of Zion be glad in their king. They praise his name in song; with timbrels and harps they play to him. For

The Lord is well pleased with his people; he graces the wretched with salvation. Let the saints rejoice in honor, and glory in their camps. Let their necks be exalted by God, and their swords two-edged in their hands, that they may execute vengeance among the nations, and punishment among the people, to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment that is written. All his saints have such an ornament, alleluia.

The 150th Psalm.

Hallelujah.

Praise the Lord in his sanctuary, praise him in the firmament of his strength. Praise him in his power, praise him according to the multitude of his glory. Praise him with the sound of trumpets, praise him with psalteries and harps. Praise him with timpani and round dance, praise him 1) with strings and pipes. Praise him with bright cymbals, praise him with cymbals in shouting. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord, Hallelujah.

1) In the Erlanger is missing: praise him.